Daily Podcasts Video Research

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino decries ICE ‘Gestapo’ comparisons as critics target ‘Nazi-coded’ coat

JL;DR SUMMARY The controversy over Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino's leadership and attire underscores heated debates surrounding the appropriateness of Holocaust analogies in modern American immigration enforcement. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Holocaust ComparisonsGavin NewsomNazi ImageryGestapoIceImmigration EnforcementBorder PatrolGregory BovinoLaw Enforcement RhetoricSartorial Symbolism

Places mentioned

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"...who has led federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, pushed back..."
El Centro, California, United States
"...demoted to his former post in El Centro, California, Homeland Security..."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"...leaves federal court at Dirksen Federal Building after his hearing in Chicago, Illinois..."
Germany
"...German media outlets, have said resembles the uniforms of Nazi soldiers."
Davos, Graubünden, Switzerland
"...described Bovinos attire as S.S. garb at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland..."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 73675
Cairo Source ID 42
Retrieved 2026-01-28 05:30:57 UTC
Curated 2026-01-28 08:30:41 UTC