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Gregory Bovino's exit from Chicago and Minneapolis and his retirement

Overview · reviewed October 28, 2026

Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol commander who became a face of the Trump administration's aggressive immigration crackdowns in Chicago and Minneapolis, was pulled from Minneapolis in January 2026 after federal agents killed two US citizens there, Renee Good and Alex Pretti.[1][2] He announced in March that he would retire, and reports later said he had been under internal investigation for allegedly lying about misconduct and making antisemitic remarks.[3][4]

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He announced in March that he would retire, and reports later said he had been under internal investigation for allegedly lying about misconduct and making antisemitic remarks.[3][4]

Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · weekly (UTC)

Week of 2025-10-27 (UTC): 13%, 23 of 174 tracked outlets (4 left, 16 center, 3 right)Week of 2025-11-03 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-11-10 (UTC): 5%, 9 of 188 tracked outlets (1 left, 8 center, 0 right)Week of 2025-11-17 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-11-24 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-12-01 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-12-08 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-12-15 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-12-22 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-12-29 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-01-05 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-01-12 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-01-19 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-01-26 (UTC): 16%, 31 of 189 tracked outlets (9 left, 17 center, 5 right)Week of 2026-02-02 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-02-09 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-02-16 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-02-23 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-03-02 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-03-09 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-03-16 (UTC): 12%, 21 of 178 tracked outlets (5 left, 9 center, 7 right)Week of 2026-03-23 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-03-30 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-04-06 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-04-13 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-04-20 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-04-27 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-05-04 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-05-11 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-05-18 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-05-25 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-06-01 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-06-08 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-06-15 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-06-22 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-06-29 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-07-06 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-07-13 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-07-20 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-07-27 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-08-03 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-08-10 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-08-17 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-08-24 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-08-31 (UTC): 3%, 12 of 475 tracked outlets (3 left, 9 center, 0 right)Week of 2026-09-07 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-09-14 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-09-21 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-09-28 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-10-05 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-10-12 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-10-19 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-10-26 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-11-02 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-11-09 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outlets, so far

LeftCenterRight

Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings.We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 1 more outlet off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (5 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Aug 31, 202639012 of 4753%
Mar 16, 202659721 of 17812%
Jan 26, 2026917531 of 18916%
Nov 10, 20251809 of 1885%
Oct 27, 2025416323 of 17413%

Latest coverage

The newest reporting in this story's record.

  1. Aug 31, 2026 · first reported · Headline from ABC 7 Chicago

    Border Patrol leader of 'Midway Blitz' Chicago enforcement focus of misconduct investigation

Background

In Chicago in fall 2025, an appeals court halted a federal judge's order requiring Bovino to give daily briefings on his agents' tactics,[5] and in November he and his agents prepared to leave the city.[6] In Minneapolis, after the second fatal shooting by federal agents, the administration reshuffled the operation's leadership, and Bovino left in late January;[1][7] he was removed as CBP commander at large and returned to his post as a sector chief in El Centro, California.[2] The Minneapolis killings are followed in their own arc. Bovino, who joined the Border Patrol in 1996, said in March he would retire within weeks.[3]

Supporting stories (7)
  1. Bovino to leave Minneapolis as Trump reshuffles the leadership of his immigration crackdown
  2. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino expected to retire, sources say
  3. Greg Bovino, face of Trump’s mass deportation campaign, to retire after Minneapolis raids
  4. Greg Bovino was under investigation when he retired, records show
  5. Top Border Patrol official no longer has to appear today before Chicago federal judge after appeals court ruling
  6. Gregory Bovino and his Border Patrol agents are planning to leave Chicago as early as this week, sources say
  7. Border Patrol Commander Bovino, some agents leaving Minnesota 'imminently'

The full record

Each date is when an update was first reported.

All 8 recorded updates

August 2026

  1. Greg Bovino was under investigation when he retired, records showHeadline from Phl17 · 12 outlets

March 2026

  1. Greg Bovino, face of Trump’s mass deportation campaign, to retire after Minneapolis raidsHeadline from Fox7 Austin · 3 outlets
  2. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino expected to retire, sources sayHeadline from ABC 11 Raleigh · 19 outlets

January 2026

  1. Bovino to leave Minneapolis as Trump reshuffles the leadership of his immigration crackdownHeadline from WFMZ Allentown · 13 outlets
  2. Greg Bovino to return to 'old job' in El Centro, California after Alex Pretti shooting: ReportsHeadline from FOX 35 Orlando · 7 outlets
  3. Border Patrol Commander Bovino, some agents leaving Minnesota 'imminently'Headline from Fox2 Detroit · 16 outlets

November 2025

  1. Gregory Bovino and his Border Patrol agents are planning to leave Chicago as early as this week, sources sayHeadline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri · 9 outlets

October 2025

  1. Top Border Patrol official no longer has to appear today before Chicago federal judge after appeals court rulingHeadline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri · 24 outlets

Coverage & sources

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