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

Gone quiet · last story Sep 1, 2026

What this arc covers

Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, the face of Trump's immigration crackdown: his agents' departure from Chicago in November 2025 and from Minneapolis in January 2026 as Trump reshuffled the operation's leadership, and his expected retirement.

Minnesota

Earliest story we hold Oct 28, 2025 · 8 stories · 52 independent sources (counted once each) · 308 days

Part ofGregory BovinoMinneapolisMinnesotaAlex PrettiDonald TrumpUnited States Border Patrol

Part of Trump's immigration crackdown

  1. Trump's push to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and SyriansJul 1, 2025 – Aug 20, 2026
  2. The fight over ICE agents' masks, body cameras and shock glovesOct 16, 2025 – Sep 1, 2026
  3. Gregory Bovino's exit from Chicago and Minneapolis and his retirementThis arcOct 28, 2025 – Sep 1, 2026
  4. Don Lemon's arrest and prosecution over an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota churchJan 19 – Sep 12, 2026
  5. The 2026 Homeland Security shutdown over Democrats' ICE demandsJan 25 – Apr 28, 2026
  6. Deaths in ICE custody during Trump's second termMar 16 – Sep 22, 2026
  7. Trump's search for an ICE director after Todd Lyons stepped downApr 17 – Sep 17, 2026
  8. The protests and investigations at New Jersey's Delaney Hall detention centerMay 30 – Aug 7, 2026
Show remaining 9 arcs
  1. Trump's order to end birthright citizenshipDec 8, 2024 – Sep 2, 2026
  2. Trump's deportations of migrants to third countries, from Panama to South SudanFeb 5, 2025 – Sep 19, 2026
  3. The Israel-Hamas war: the Trump administration's bid to deport student activistsMar 9, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026
  4. Trump's travel bans, from the June 2025 order to its expansionMar 15 – Dec 31, 2025
  5. Kilmar Abrego García's wrongful deportation and prosecutionApr 1, 2025 – Aug 18, 2026
  6. The conviction of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan over an ICE arrestApr 25, 2025 – Jul 7, 2026
  7. Trump's deployments of the National Guard to Los Angeles, Chicago and PortlandJun 8 – Dec 31, 2025
  8. Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center in the EvergladesJun 24, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026
  9. The Justice Department's suits against in-state tuition for undocumented studentsJul 16 – Sep 10, 2026

Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning

Sep 12026Greg Bovino was under investigation when he retired, records show17 articles · 12 independent sources
3 left, 5 center, 0 right
Mar 172026Greg Bovino, face of Trump’s mass deportation campaign, to retire after Minneapolis raids6 articles · 3 independent sources
0 left, 2 center, 1 right
Mar 16– 172026Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino expected to retire, sources say27 articles · 19 independent sources
3 left, 8 center, 5 right

Key momentsthe most covered; every story is below

  1. Oct 28 – 30, 2025Top Border Patrol official no longer has to appear today before Chicago federal judge after appeals court ruling42 articles · 24 independent sources
  2. Jan 26 – 27, 2026Border Patrol Commander Bovino, some agents leaving Minnesota 'imminently'32 articles · 16 independent sources
  3. Jan 27, 2026Bovino to leave Minneapolis as Trump reshuffles the leadership of his immigration crackdown14 articles · 13 independent sources
  4. Mar 16 – 17, 2026Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino expected to retire, sources say27 articles · 19 independent sources
  5. Sep 1, 2026Greg Bovino was under investigation when he retired, records show17 articles · 12 independent sources

Who covered it, over timeindependent sources per week, by side

Oct 27Dec 29Mar 2Apr 27Jun 29Aug 31

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Every week as a table
Week ofLeftCenterRightArticles
Oct 27, 2025212241
Nov 10, 20250509
Jan 26, 2026714463
Mar 16, 202639633
Aug 31, 202635017

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

25% left · 58% center · 17% right of 52 independent sources among the outlets we track, across 8 stories.

Every storyoldest first

  1. October 2025

    Oct 28– 30Top Border Patrol official no longer has to appear today before Chicago federal judge after appeals court ruling42 articles · 24 independent sources
    2 left, 12 center, 2 right

  2. November 2025

  3. January 2026

    Jan 26– 27Border Patrol Commander Bovino, some agents leaving Minnesota 'imminently'32 articles · 16 independent sources
    3 left, 8 center, 2 right
  4. Jan 27Greg Bovino to return to 'old job' in El Centro, California after Alex Pretti shooting: Reports17 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 1 right
  5. Jan 27Bovino to leave Minneapolis as Trump reshuffles the leadership of his immigration crackdown14 articles · 13 independent sources
    3 left, 5 center, 1 right

  6. March 2026

    Mar 16– 17Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino expected to retire, sources say27 articles · 19 independent sources
    3 left, 8 center, 5 right
  7. Mar 17Greg Bovino, face of Trump’s mass deportation campaign, to retire after Minneapolis raids6 articles · 3 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right

  8. September 2026

    Sep 1Greg Bovino was under investigation when he retired, records show17 articles · 12 independent sources
    3 left, 5 center, 0 right