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The former face of the Trump administration\u2019s hostile immigration campaign is now eyeing an unlikely return to power. <\/p>\n

Read more Trump, 79, Casts Himself as Last Hope for College Sports<\/a><\/p>\n

Gregory Bovino, the formerly self-styled commander-at-large of the deadly Minneapolis migrant crackdown, is gearing up for a 2028 presidential bid following his rocky tenure at the Department of Homeland Security, the Daily Beast can reveal. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIf I were President, I\u2019d lead that [deportation] effort from the front and be on the front lines from time to time,\u201d Bovino said in a statement\u2014a thinly veiled jab at Donald Trump, whom he has accused of backing away from aggressive immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

To gear up for his White House run, supporters of the 56-year-old have rolled out Bovino2028.com, and mapped out a nationwide tour to rally supporters. A team of political outcasts from MAGA\u2019s far right are leading the charge, including one aide who was arrested on meth possession charges two weeks ago. <\/p>\n

Bovino, once a mid-level Border Patrol commander known for his hard-line tactics, was tapped last year to lead the agency\u2019s operations by then-Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her de facto chief adviser, Corey Lewandowski. <\/p>\n

The commander\u2019s monthslong reign of terror culminated in the deaths of two American citizens at the hands of federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis in January, which Bovino initially chalked up as acts of self-defense. Soon after, the immigration hardliner\u2014and his long trench coat, likened by critics to an SS-era uniform\u2014was pressured into retirement.<\/p>\n

Rather than disappear from public life, Bovino has emerged as an increasingly vocal critic of the White House. <\/p>\n

Over the weekend, after sharing a video of himself speaking at the Remigration Summit in Portugal\u2014where far-right Europeans gathered to promote the mass expulsion of immigrants and minority groups from their countries\u2014Bovino used the opportunity to take aim at White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is [Wiles] pushing to dial it back and water down mass deportations?\u201d Bovino wrote.<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s team says immigration is his top issue according to the polls. Voters trust him on the border more than anyone.<\/p>\n

So why is @SusieWiles47 pushing to dial it back and water down mass deportations?<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t win by running away from your strongest issue. Mass deportations\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Gregory K Bovino (@GregoryKBovino) May 30, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

That growing feud with Trumpworld is what inspired Jacob Engels, 34, and George Riley, the former executive director of the Republican Party of Florida, to launch the ousted Border Patrol commander\u2019s comeback.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he put on that trench coat and when he started having these press conferences\u2014which were not authorized by [James] Blair or Wiles, and that greatly upset them, because it took the control away of managing him,\u201c Engels said.<\/p>\n

Wiles did not respond to the Daily Beast\u2019s request for comment. White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson scoffed at Bovino\u2019s suggestion that he would be tougher on immigration than the president.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has never been a President who has been stronger on border security and immigration enforcement than President Trump,\u201d she said, adding that \u201cICE and CBP officers love President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Team Trump Roasted Over Cringe New MAGA Buzzwords<\/a><\/p>\n

According to several reports, Bovino is married and a father, though little further information is publicly available.<\/p>\n

On his campaign site, Bovino is cast as a warrior-statesman uniquely capable of restoring \u201cnational sovereignty.\u201d One slogan reads: \u201cBovino Knows What America Needs\u2014America\u2019s Men.\u201d<\/p>\n

His platform appears to be a grab bag of culture-war talking points and tough-on-crime proposals. Among them: equating the punishment for animal abusers with that for harming a human being, reinstating the failed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, and forming a \u201cdepartment of masculinity in order to save the young men of America.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two men spearheading the unconventional campaign have checkered pasts themselves.<\/p>\n

Just last week, Engels was arrested and charged with a felony for possession of methamphetamine in Wisconsin. He denied the crimes to the Daily Beast, and said he plans to plead not guilty, pending legal advice.<\/p>\n

And in 2019, Florida House candidate Elizabeth Cornell, a Republican, filed a defamation suit against him over blog posts in which he accused her of having an affair with a married man. The following year, Engels was held in contempt of court and had an arrest warrant issued against him for refusing to comply with discovery requests in the case. He was fined $1,500 per day for his noncompliance. Engels claimed he simply struggled with the court filing system.<\/p>\n

Engels, for his part, denied wrongdoing. \u201cThe civil case was an example of lawfare that many in the America First movement have faced,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As for Riley, the 45-year-old political operative was reported missing by his family in 2024. He was eventually found at a local Hampton Inn. A police report obtained by the Tampa Bay Times said Riley was thrown out of the hotel after what officers described as \u201cextensive drinking and damage caused to the room.\u201d Hotel employees said Riley had \u201curinated and vomited throughout,\u201d trashed the room\u2019s electric blinds, and was charged an additional fee for a deep cleaning to try to undo the mess.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also joined by Joana Alvarez, a Chicagoan who legally immigrated to the United States from Mexico at age 12 and has dubbed herself \u201cThe Bovino Queen\u201d on X, where she is one of his most vocal supporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis level of ethics is something unique, something I have never seen before,\u201d Alvarez said of Bovino, who in November was singled out by a judge for \u201cfalse testimony\u201d that he was hit in the head with a rock before he lobbed gas at protesters\u2014saying Bovino \u201clater admitted that he lied\u201d after DHS failed to provide any evidence to support its claim.<\/p>\n

Bovino\u2019s team told the Daily Beast that he appeals to voters with a growing \u201chunger\u201d for a non-establishment candidate\u2014despite his holding one of the most visible roles in the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve already had several disaffected members of Congress, both former and current, along with outsider interest, approach the team to request early vetting as potential running mates,\u201d Engels said. <\/p>\n

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For now, the team is focused on fundraising and plotting a nationwide tour. The ultimate goal, Engels said, is to deliver a \u201chero\u2019s welcome\u201d for Bovino in Minnesota, where the ousted Border Patrol commander was often photographed in the middle of the chaos his immigration sweeps created, lobbing gas canisters and jostling with protesters.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump Humiliated as Staff Ordered to Remove All Traces of Him<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The former face of the Trump administration\u2019s hostile immigration campaign is now eyeing an unlikely return to power. Read more Trump, 79, Casts Himself as Last Hope for College Sports Gregory Bovino, the formerly self-styled commander-at-large of the deadly Minneapolis migrant crackdown, is gearing up for a 2028 presidential bid following his rocky tenure at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump\u2019s Ousted Border Goon Plots Wild 2028 Bid - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=730\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump\u2019s Ousted Border Goon Plots Wild 2028 Bid - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The former face of the Trump administration\u2019s hostile immigration campaign is now eyeing an unlikely return to power. 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