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A gathering of far-right activists in Portugal this weekend spotlighted how the concept of “remigration”—once largely confined to extremist political circles—is gaining renewed prominence, with participants pointing to rhetoric from President Donald Trump and his administration as helping to elevate the idea.
Among [the speakers] was Gregory Bovino, a former Border Patrol commander who rose to prominence during Trump’s current term and led high-profile immigration enforcement operations. Also present was Jared Taylor, an American activist and founder of the New Century Foundation, who organizes the American Renaissance conference and has long promoted white nationalist ideology in the United States.
Participants at the summit explicitly linked the concept’s rising profile to shifts in U.S. rhetoric. Trump used the term in a September 2024 social media post in which he wrote that his immigration plan would return illegal migrants "to their home countries (also known as remigration).” Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025, he also warned that European countries were “being ruined” by migration and urged leaders to end what he called the “failed experiment of open borders.”
Jean‑Yves Le Gallou, a former European Parliament member aligned with the French far right, told attendees that once a term is used by “the president of a major power,” it can no longer be dismissed as fringe.
On Saturday, Bovino shared a video on X showing a scene from the street violence that followed Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League win, writing:
"Import the Third World, get Third World behavior. [Sure, soccer/sports riots are unknown in the First World.] France is the preview. America is next. Mass deportations and remigration aren’t extreme, they’re urgent survival policy for the West."
Among [the speakers] was Gregory Bovino, a former Border Patrol commander who rose to prominence during Trump’s current term and led high-profile immigration enforcement operations. Also present was Jared Taylor, an American activist and founder of the New Century Foundation, who organizes the American Renaissance conference and has long promoted white nationalist ideology in the United States.
Participants at the summit explicitly linked the concept’s rising profile to shifts in U.S. rhetoric. Trump used the term in a September 2024 social media post in which he wrote that his immigration plan would return illegal migrants "to their home countries (also known as remigration).” Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025, he also warned that European countries were “being ruined” by migration and urged leaders to end what he called the “failed experiment of open borders.”
Jean‑Yves Le Gallou, a former European Parliament member aligned with the French far right, told attendees that once a term is used by “the president of a major power,” it can no longer be dismissed as fringe.
On Saturday, Bovino shared a video on X showing a scene from the street violence that followed Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League win, writing:
"Import the Third World, get Third World behavior. [Sure, soccer/sports riots are unknown in the First World.] France is the preview. America is next. Mass deportations and remigration aren’t extreme, they’re urgent survival policy for the West."
