An Interview With the Man Behind Trump’s Current Immigration Crackdown

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The New York Times

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🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Warning: This episode contains strong language. As the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on illegal immigration, it has turned to Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, to try to increase deportations. He has been at the center of some of the most aggressive raids and tactics being used in American cities. Hamed Aleaziz, who covers immigration policy, speaks to Mr. Bovino about his career and why his militaristic approach may be here to stay.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Natalie Kittrow F.
0:07.4	This is the daily.
0:09.0	What is he being pulled over for?
0:13.5	There's a child!
0:15.6	Look what they're doing.
0:18.1	He's having a seizure.
0:19.3	They're trying to rip the baby out of her hands.
0:22.6	My boy was a baby in the back.
0:24.0	He wasn't doing absolutely nothing.
0:25.8	Mommy, you're okay, Mama?
0:27.2	You're okay?
0:28.4	You're okay, my brother?
0:30.5	As the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on illegal immigration,
0:35.6	it's turned to one agency and one man, officials believe,
0:39.8	can help them dramatically increase deportations.
0:43.7	Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino.
0:46.3	Arrest as many people that touch you as you want to.
0:49.9	Those are the general orders.
0:51.3	He's the law enforcement figure who's now at the center
0:54.4	of the most aggressive raids and tactics
0:57.0	being employed in American cities.
0:59.8	Why are your officers asking you where I'm from?
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