Overview
- Reports on Monday say Bovino launched an exploratory committee and a Bovino2028 website to test a possible 2028 presidential run.
- The site and his social posts use militant slogans such as “Men Fight Back” and promote mass‑deportation plans, including his public claim of “106 million” undocumented people that independent data and polling reject as false.
- Bovino was removed from his Border Patrol commander role after federal agents in operations he oversaw fatally shot two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, he retired in March, and multiple incidents from his tenure remain under investigation.
- His public appearances at a European remigration summit and photos of him in a long dark coat drew criticism for far‑right optics and prompted sharp rebukes from figures such as California’s governor.
- Senior DHS leadership has publicly distanced itself—Secretary Markwayne Mullin called Bovino irrelevant—and his emergence is already stirring debate inside the GOP over immigration tactics and his appeal beyond a hard‑right base.