Immigration has surged to the forefront of American politics, and for many voters it now defines the stakes of President Donald Trumps second term.
According to Fox News, former Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, a central figure in the administrations enforcement push, argues that the crisis now gripping the southern border is the direct result of Joe Bidens lax deportation and border policies, a legacy President Trump has been forced to confront head-on. Bovino, speaking on Tomi Lahren is Fearless, made clear that while the Presidents renewed crackdown has been met with outrage from the left and predictable hand-wringing from progressive activists, the work of restoring order is far from finished.
"I've got no regrets about anything," Bovino said. "Except, that I wish I had gone even harder." His comments reflect a broader sentiment among conservatives who believe that decades of half-measures and political cowardice have allowed illegal immigration to spiral into a full-blown national security and sovereignty crisis.
The former Border Patrol Commander-at-Large stressed that he "still has gas in the tank" when it comes to enforcing immigration laws and securing the border. At the same time, he suggested that President Trump may at times have been nudged toward a softer posture by advisers more focused on polling than on principle.
"If I had something to do over, I would have briefed Trump face-to-face and cut out that team... that maybe plied him with polling and things like that." That candid admission offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes, hinting at internal tensions between those committed to robust enforcement and those more concerned with political optics.
It's a fascinating peek behind the curtain and helps to explain why maybe there seemed to be a shift away from the more aggressive ICE operations from earlier in the year. For Bovino, any such shift represented a missed opportunity to fully honor the mandate of voters who demanded a hardline approach to illegal immigration.
Bovino expressed his wishes to continue the mandate of the people who voted for the administration to adopt a hardline stance on immigration enforcement. "I would have loved to have arrested, oh, I don't know, 99 million of those 100 million illegal aliens that are still here," Bovino said.
While Bovino is a very unpopular figure to those on the left, having endured harassment from a number of unhinged liberals in public, he insists that the loudest critics do not speak for the country. "90% are people saying, 'Can I get a picture with you? Thank you. We're sorry what happened to you,'" Bovino explained. "That lets me know that what we were doing was accepted by, as we always said, 90% of the public."
His unapologetic stance certainly rubs people the wrong way, but Bovino explains that enforcing the law is something no one should be sorry for. "I'm very unapologetic," he told Lahren. "I won't apologize for a legal, ethical, lawful, and much needed law enforcement mission."
That mission still has a long way to go, but as Bovino sees it, the next generation is ready to complete it. "It's going to be the young folks, the grassroots, look out... they're going to win this thing."
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