Greg Bovino loses his job. The Atlantic

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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/

Greg Bovino Loses His Job
The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.

By Nick Miroff

Stephen Maturen / Getty
January 26, 2026, 6:36 PM ET

Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol “commander at large” and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a DHS official and two people with knowledge of the change.

Bovino’s sudden demotion is the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration is reconsidering its most aggressive tactics after the killing Saturday of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents under Bovino’s command.

Earlier today, President Trump appeared to signal in a series of social-media posts a tactical shift in the administration’s mass-deportation campaign. Trump wrote that he spoke with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz—whom the White House has blamed for inciting violence—and the two men are now on “a similar wavelength.” Tom Homan, the former ICE chief whom Trump has designated “border czar,” will head to Minnesota to assume command of the federal mobilization there, Trump said.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her close adviser Corey Lewandowski, who were Bovino’s biggest backers at DHS, are also at risk of losing their jobs, two of the people told me.

He has lost access to his media accounts that came with his CBP role.

[spooky3]

1. "The fish rots from the head"

Change is needed at higher levels.

[B.See]

5. Starting at the very TOP.

PLENTY accolytes under that TRUMP BUS though. And serves em right.

[JHB]

2. Finally figured out that SS cosplay was a bad look?

[mr715]

4. Ja

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

3. ...

[lapfog_1]

6. arrested

charged with accessory to murder after the fact ( spiriting the murderer(s) out of the state ), tried, convicted, rest of his life in prison.

[struggle4progress]

7. Like if the Nazis had sent Irma Grese home to Wrechen from Auschwitz

[C_U_L8R]

8. Deck chairs, rearranged

Since they have a thing for Titanic metaphors

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Hallelujah !!!

[Diraven]

10. I wonder though

I think there's an equal chance that Trump gave him orders to increase the violence and he balked.

[GopherGal]

11. Morale is plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-agents-morale-reports-minneapolis-shooting-b2907742.html]

[mucholderthandirt]

12. All this means is they have someone worse to take his place. No change of heart, no policy niceties.

[Celerity]

13. archive, no paywall link

https://archive.ph/MkCQB

[superpatriotman]

14. Kick

And recommend

[UTUSN]

15. K&R