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Retired Border Leader Praises Nazi Tactics, Urges ICE

6/5/2026

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Retired U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino praised Nazi tactics and urged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to “give them hell.”
He made remarks at Remigration Summit 2026 in Portugal with white nationalist Martin Sellner.
Bovino cited Erwin Rommel’s tactics and supported ICE agents at New Jersey’s Delaney Hall detention center.
European far-right politicians, Germany’s AfD members, discussed adopting his “remigration” methods and considered inviting him to the Bundestag.

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Retired U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino praised Nazi tactics and urged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to “give them hell.”
He made remarks at Remigration Summit 2026 in Portugal with white nationalist Martin Sellner.
Bovino cited Erwin Rommel’s tactics and supported ICE agents at New Jersey’s Delaney Hall detention center.
European far-right politicians, Germany’s AfD members, discussed adopting his “remigration” methods and considered inviting him to the Bundestag.