U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, center, pictured with border patrol agents at an immigrant processing center in Broadview, Illinois, September 27, 2025. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) |
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Gregory Bovino, the chief of the Border Patrol’s El Centro Sector in California who has been in charge of the controversial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) raids in Chicago and Los Angeles, has been leading federal agents accused of excessive violence against migrants, protestors, journalists, and others in these operations. A federal judge just last week said these agents’ use of force in Chicago “shocks the conscience." |
New federal data sheds some light on Bovino’s history at DHS. This data from the last four fiscal years shows that — under Bovino’s leadership — Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector have used force far more often than they’ve faced assault. For every assault they’ve faced, El Centro agents have used force over 3.6 times, according to the data. Across the Border Patrol, use of force incidents outpace assaults on agents by just over a 2-to-1 ratio. But El Centro’s data reflects the highest ratio of use of force to assault of any Border Patrol sector in the nation, far higher than the other 19 sectors and the Border Patrol overall. |
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