Ex-Border Patrol chief pushes to deport nearly one-third of US population

Former Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino celebrated his retirement by pushing to deport 100 million U.S. residents.

During a Thursday appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, Bovino told Nick Sortor that he wanted to deport nearly one-third of the U.S. population, even though most of them are citizens.

"The secret is out. I'm down here at CPAC with my guest, Commander Greg Bovino," Sortor announced before the former Trump official appeared onstage. "How many people are we going to deport?"

"Nick, we're deporting all of them," Bovino replied. "100 million."

"Hundred million!" Sortor exclaimed. "Don't stop talking about mass deportations, no matter who tells you, they have to go back."

The Pew Research Center estimated in 2023 that about 14 million undocumented immigrants were in the U.S. out of a population of 331 million.