Donald Trump is facing a public rebuke from inside his own hardline ranks, after former Border Patrol official Greg Bovino used a series of media appearances this week in the United States to accuse the Trump administration of abandoning its promised mass deportation agenda and siding with what he called 'swamp creatures.' Bovino, who worked under Trump at the Department of Homeland Security, is urging supporters to push back against his former bosses and demand an even tougher crackdown.
Bovino, 56, retired earlier this year as Border Patrol 'commander-at-large' in the wake of intense criticism over a deadly operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where two unarmed protesters were shot and killed by federal agents. That final chapter of his government career shadowed his exit and raised questions about his judgement and conduct long before he began attacking Trump's team in public.
