Former Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino stated in an interview that he has no regrets about the aggressive operations conducted during his tenure and expressed a wish that they had been even more extensive.
Bovino, who served as Border Patrol Commander-at-Large, told Tomi Lahren on "Tomi Lahren is Fearless" that he believes immigration enforcement is an ongoing mission. He suggested that polling numbers might have influenced former President Donald Trump's decision to potentially relax his stance on immigration policies. "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," Bovino said.
He indicated that he would have preferred to apprehend a significantly larger number of undocumented immigrants. "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 stated.
Bovino asserted his unapologetic stance on enforcing immigration laws, describing it as a "legal, ethical, lawful, and much needed law enforcement mission." He noted that the majority of his public interactions have been positive, with many people expressing gratitude for his work.
"90% are people saying, 'Can I get a picture with you? Thank you. We're sorry what happened to you,'" Bovino said. "That lets me know that what we were doing was accepted by, as we always said, 90% of the public."
He concluded by expressing optimism for future enforcement efforts, stating, "It's going to be the young folks, the grassroots, look out... they're going to win this thing."