Gregory «Greg» Bovino became a figure of global importance almost by chance, or rather by image. His roots lie in Aprigliano, a village in the province of Cosenza, from where his parents left in the 1960s to seek their fortune in the United States. In just a few days, Bovino went from a locally known federal official to an international symbol of America’s hard line on immigration. A family history of migration His family history, however, is more complex than his public language on “law and order” suggests. On his paternal side, Bovino descends from Italian immigrants: his grandfather Vincenzo was the son of Michele Bovino, a Calabrian miner who emigrated to the United States in 1909.