{"id":2015894,"date":"2023-08-29T17:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-sector-chief-reinstated-after-pushback-from-republicans-over-retaliation-claims\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:54:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:54:58","slug":"border-sector-chief-reinstated-after-pushback-from-republicans-over-retaliation-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-sector-chief-reinstated-after-pushback-from-republicans-over-retaliation-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Sector Chief Reinstated Amid GOP Pushback on Retaliation Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fborder-sector-chief-reinstated-after-pushback-from-republicans-over-retaliation-claims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015894&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Border Patrol Sector\u2063 Chief\u2063 Reinstated After Congressional\u2064 Interview<\/h2>\n<p>A border patrol \u200bsector chief has been reinstated to \u2063his \u2063previous position after he was reassigned following an interview with congressional\u200d lawmakers, according to House Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Gregory Bovino was reinstated\u200c to his position as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-agents-seize-3-8-million-worth-of-cocaine-streaming-across-texas-border\/\" title=\"Border agents confiscate .8M in cocaine crossing Texas border.\">chief\u200d patrol agent<\/a> for \u200cthe\u2063 El Centro Sector, according to a press release from House \u2063Homeland Security\u2063 Committee Chairman\u2062 Mark Green (R-TN) and House Oversight and\u2062 Accountability Chairman James\u200b Comer (R-KY). The Republicans said that there were \u200bcredible\u200c allegations\u2062 that Bovino \u2064had lost\u200d his position \u2064at the El \u200bCentro Sector, near Imperial, California, due to retaliation\u200d over testimony on the border.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe credible and\u200c unacceptable allegations of retaliation against \u200bChief Bovino \u200dfor\u200c simply shining \u200ba\u2063 light on\u2063 the Biden administration\u2019s \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-sector-chief-reinstated-after-pushback-from-republicans-over-retaliation-claims\/\" title=\"Border Sector Chief Reinstated Amid GOP Pushback on Retaliation Allegations\">historic border crisis confirms<\/a> the importance of our Committees\u2019 crucial oversight effort \u2063on behalf of\u2064 the American people. Any retaliation against witnesses who cooperate with Congressional inquiries will not be tolerated,\u201d a statement from Green\u2063 and Comer said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are\u200d deeply\u2064 grateful to Chief Bovino and all the\u200b Border Patrol Sector Chiefs who have\u2063 shared with us first\u200d hand insight \u200binto the devastating conditions on the frontlines \u200bof the Southwest border. Amid \u200dthis administration\u2019s national security and humanitarian crisis, we owe an immense debt of gratitude \u200dto\u200c the men and women in green who work tirelessly\u2062 to defend the homeland and secure our sovereign borders,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The reinstatement comes after Green and Comer sent a letter to acting Customs and\u2063 Border Protection Commissioner Troy Miller over the \u200cincident, noting that a whistleblower had \u2062informed that Bovino was being retaliated against after his transcribed \u200binterview\u200c before House lawmakers in July.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1692980418669000&#038;usg=AOvVaw15MNQZ1U33fOZBroIc4gYb\">CLICK HERE TO \u2064GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whistleblower \u2063indicates \u2063that this pattern\u200b is consistent with a common CBP practice \u200bto get rid \u200bof employees perceived as problematic by\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-environmental-appointee-faces-conflict-of-interest-scrutiny-on-hill\/\" title=\"Biden Environmental Appointee Faces Conflict of Interest Scrutiny on Hill\">high-level officials<\/a> by forcing those employees, \u200cout of\u2064 frustration, to relocate, retire, or resign,\u201d Comer and\u2063 Green\u2019s July letter said.<\/p>\n<p>A representative from CBP previously said that any accusations of retaliation were \u201ccategorically \u200dfalse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis temporary personnel assignment is\u2063 entirely \u2063unrelated to any \u200cCongressional testimony\u2062 or\u200c appearance, and was in process prior to the \u200cChief\u2019s transcribed interview,\u201d \u2064a representative told the New York Post in July.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2064 has faced constant criticism over its handling \u200dof\u2062 the \u2063southern border,\u2062 as millions of illegal aliens have crossed into the U.S., many of\u200d whom are processed and then released into the U.S.\u200d with a distant court date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gregory Bovino, a border patrol sector chief, has been reinstated as chief patrol agent for the El Centro Sector. House Republicans confirmed that he was reassigned after an interview with congressional lawmakers. 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