Bovino’s great-grandfather was an immigrant from Italy who was in the United States for 15 years when he put in his papers indicating his interest in becoming an American. It was the same month in 1924 that the Border Patrol was established — and the number of Italian arrivals was curtailed.As t he public face of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, Bovino has vowed to arrest the “worst of the worst” of immigrants in this country without legal status — including people who drive under the influence of alcohol. His own father went to prison after killing a 26-year-old woman in a drunk-driving accident in his North Carolina town.People who knew him growing up remember he was into snakes and knew where to find venomous ones.His inspiration to become a Border Patrol agent came early. That ws when he was 11 and saw the1982  movie “The Border,” starring Jack Nicholson. He didn't like that the agents were the bad guys in the movie.He wasn’t a particularly good wrestler at Watauga High School in Boone, N.C. But his teammates voted him “most improved” senior year.He got a bachelor’s degree in natural resource conservation from Western Carolina University and a master’s in public administration from Appalachian State University.In 2020, he became chief of the Border Patrol sector in El Centro, Calif. — one of the agency’s nine geographic divisions.This year, beside Chicago, he has led agents on deportation missions in the country’s interior, including Sacramento, Calif.; Charlotte, N.C.; and New Orleans.As Trump’s man on that mission, Bovino answers directly to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. His title — a new one — is commander-at-large.He’s 55 years old — which puts him two years away from mandatory retirement. No word on what he'll do then.Read our complete report Click here to read our full report. ...read more read less