The Raid
Hosted by six-time Emmy Award winner John Carlos Frey, THE RAID PODCAST is a deep dive into the frontlines of the ICE and Border Patrol immigration raids being implemented by the Trump administration. With an expert team of journalists and community members, the ever changing landscape and stories of the “mass deportation” are documented and broadcast. Learn firsthand what the raids feel like, whether they are lawful and what is happening to the people swept up by the unprecedented and ever increasing show of force.
Episodes
Over the past year, through a series of executive orders, asylum cases have all but halted. Asylum was a legal method of fleeing persecution and fear of life to find safe harbor in the United States. In the recent past, the process to gain asylum had been lengthy and grueling for most applicants with the vast majority of applicants being rejected but now it appears the doors have closed, altogether. In this episode of the The Raid,...
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the nation’s leading authority on child health, has repeatedly and unequivocally opposed the detention of children for immigration purposes; in fact, the AAP’s leadership recently reiterated that all children held in immigration detention should be immediately released, and these facilities should be permanently shuttered.”
On the podcast is Barbara Rodriguez. She's the health reporter for ...
John Carlos Frey takes a deep look into the separation of parents from their children during the mass deportation effort. Children are being abandoned against what used to be standard procedure that considered the plight of children during deportation proceedings. The numbers are alarming and worse than any other family separation tactic in the past.
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Alvaro Huerta is the Director of Litigation and Advocacy for Immigrant Defenders Law Center. The organization has recently filed suit against the Adelanto immigrant detention facility in Southern California. The lawsuit alleges, "People have been forced to live in unsanitary conditions and subjected to punitive isolation and neglect, conditions that would be considered abuse in almost any other setting. It specifically challenges t...
Back on the podcast is journalist, Nick Schwellenbach. He's a Senior Investigator at Pogo Investigates, the news reporting division of the Project on Government Oversight.
John Carlos Frey and Nick discuss a recent article Nick coauthored entitled Ice, Inc. The Top Companies Profiting from Trump's Immigration Crackdown.
They discuss the companies most closely associated with the massive deportation machine and their lobbying effor...
In March 2025, a year ago this month, the United States deported 238 Venezuelans to El Salvador, to be immediately and indefinitely imprisoned without trial and without convictions, prison sentences nor release dates. Human Rights Watch considered this practice a violation of national and international laws, and especially human rights violations. In this episode John Carlos Frey summarizes this flashpoint of the deportation agenda...
Anat Shenker-Osorio is a prominent American political strategist, messaging consultant, and researcher specializing in communication strategies for progressive causes. She is best known for her work on the Race-Class Narrative Project and for founding ASO Communications, where she advises global campaigns. She has presented her work to such groups as the Congressional Progressive Caucus the ACLU, Ford Foundation, and Open Society F...
Chris Jeffries is a Freelance writer, journalist and currently the editor in chief of HR News a digital publication covering a wide range of topics including politics, social justice and technology among others. HR News recently published and article about ICE and Federal agents accessing Ring Camera data for immigration related operations. John Carlos Frey and Chris discuss the increasing surveillance state related to ICE and the ...
On our weekly news update, John Carlos Frey takes a look at the ever increasing list of restrictions imposed on legal pathways to the United States. It is becoming more difficult for immigrants. Even those that are in the US legally find themselves in limbo or with pending notices of deportation.
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Angelica Salas is currently the Executive Director at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, better known as CHIRLA.
She understands the plight of immigrants first hand as she and her entire family lived in the US as undocumented immigrants. They experienced raids, discrimination and deportation then later were able to legalize their status.
CHIRLA, the immigrant-led organization empowers other immigrants and th...
Annie Nolte-Henning is the Executive Director of Community Sponsorship Hub, an organization that makes it easier for communities to welcome refugees and other displaced people. They do this by connecting community partners at the national and local levels with the knowledge and financial resources they need to ensure that sponsors and those they are welcoming are set up for success. Annie lives in Minnesota and is on the podcast to...
John Carlos Frey goes on a journey of court filings, lawsuits, petitions and rulings against the administration's efforts to deport millions of people from the U.S. He profiles the record number of court proceedings against the efforts of mass deportation, more than any other administration in history.
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Eunisses Hernandez is a native of Highland Park in Los Angeles and the daughter of Mexican immigrants. She is the City Council Member for the 1st District in Los Angeles. In July of 2025, her district became an iconic flashpoint of the immigration raids as federal agents in tactical gear carrying firearms moved in on a region called, MacArthur Park. The federal agents were all walking in a straight line, side by side, some on horse...
Jack Duffy is a college student and bagpipe player who found his voice by bringing his bagpipes to ICE raid protests in Los Angeles, Oregon and San Francisco. The haunting yet powerful instrument is a call to action for the 21 year-old who strongly disapproves of the ongoing immigration raids and is willing to face off with law enforcement and even be arrested. In his conversation with John Carlos Frey, Jack discusses how he got s...
A recent economic impact study taking a look at the after effects of the immigration raids in Los Angeles this past Summer chronicles the devastating and negative results on the local economy. John Carlos Frey crunches the numbers.
https://opportunity.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/LAEDCxDEO-Economic-Impacts-of-Federal-Immigration-Enforcement.pdf
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Journalists from The Marshall Project, Shannon Heffernan and Anna Flagg discuss their most recent findings about children in immigration detention. According to the journalism duo's research, children in detention has spiked six times under Trump.
John Carlos Frey discusses their work and the current state of family detention.
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Dr. Manuel Pastor discusses the socioeconomic effects of the immigration raids with John Carlos Frey. Dr. Pastor is a distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. He currently directs the Equity Research Institute at USC. Pastor holds an economics Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Pastor’s research has generally focused on issues of the economic, e...
The Administration has pushed to deport migrants to third countries, not their countries of origin, to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. In some cases per migrant costs to El Salvador, Ghana or Palau can cost upward of a million dollars each. John Carlos Frey breaks down a recent US Senate report detailing the shocking price tag.
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George Takei is an American actor, author, and activist. He's known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS enterprise in the Star Trek franchise and Galactus in the Superhero Squad Show.
On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pear Harbor and for looking like the enemy, Japanese Americans in the United States were then considered enemy combatants or enemy aliens. As a result, the U.S. government forcibly removed approximately 1...
George Takei is an American actor, author, and activist. He's known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS enterprise in the Star Trek franchise and Galactus in the Superhero Squad Show.
On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pear Harbor and for looking like the enemy, Japanese Americans in the United States were then considered enemy combatants or enemy aliens.
As a result, the U.S. government forcibly removed approximately 1...
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