Gregory Bovino, the ‘tough guy’ of Trump’s immigration offensive

Gregory Bovino, the ‘tough guy’ of Trump’s immigration offensive

When Donald Trump won the presidency just over a year ago, Gregory Bovino was ready to seize the opportunity. From his post as chief of the Border Patrol in El Centro, which encompasses the Imperial Valley of southeastern California, he had worked hard to curry favor with the Republican. Two weeks before Trump’s inauguration, the official sent dozens of agents hundreds of miles north to Kern County in the Central Valley to conduct arrests at gas…