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‘There is no sanctuary here’: Meet the Border Patrol chief in charge of Trump’s Chicago crackdown

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The heavily armed agents carrying out President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement push in Chicago are often masked. The man leading them is not. Nearly three decades into his career with the US Border Patrol, Gregory Bovino has become the on-the-ground face of Trump’s effort to surge federal law enforcement into blue states and cities regardless of whether local officials want them there — first in Los Angeles, now in Chicago, with other possible cities on deck.

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The heavily armed agents carrying out President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown in Chicago often wear masks. The man leading them doesn't.

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By Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Williams, CNN Strongly armed agents carrying out President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration campaign in Chicago tend to wear a mask.The man who leads them does not. Almost three decades after starting his career on the U.S. Border Patrol, Gregory Bovino has become the face on the ground of Trump's campaign for deploying federal police forces in Democratic states and cities, regardless of whether local offici…

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97.9 The Beat broke the news in on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
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