In a stunning departure from the typical politically correct farewell tour, retiring Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino just delivered the kind of raw honesty that Americans have been desperate to hear from our immigration enforcement leaders.
Speaking to The New York Times in what may be the most refreshing exit interview in government history, Bovino revealed his biggest professional regret: he didn't arrest enough illegal aliens during his time protecting America's borders.
Think about that for a moment, Patriots. While the Biden administration spent four years essentially rolling out the red carpet for anyone who wanted to waltz across our southern border, we had a Border Patrol chief who actually wanted to do his job – and do more of it.
"I wish I caught even more," Bovino told the Times, cutting through years of bureaucratic doublespeak with the kind of straight talk that would make President Trump proud.
This bombshell admission exposes just how hamstrung our border security professionals were under the previous administration's open-borders agenda. Here's a career law enforcement officer – someone who took an oath to defend our nation's sovereignty – expressing genuine regret that he couldn't do MORE to stop the invasion that has flooded American communities with drugs, crime, and chaos.
Finally, Leadership That Gets It
Bovino's refreshing honesty stands in stark contrast to the mealy-mouthed bureaucrats who spent the last four years making excuses for the Biden border catastrophe. While politicians played word games about "migrants" and "asylum seekers," this Border Patrol veteran kept his eyes on the real mission: enforcing American immigration law.
With President Trump now back in the White House and his mass deportation operation ramping up, maybe we'll finally have leadership that shares Bovino's commitment to actually securing our borders instead of managing the invasion.
How many more Americans would be alive today if we had more leaders like Chief Bovino – and fewer who treated our immigration laws like suggestions?