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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.
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- Today19 min
The Worst of the Worst: Inside 95 Investigations of Border Officers
In 2020, a Customs and Border Protection officer boarded a flight in St. Thomas with his badge, his gun and 16 bricks of cocaine in his carry-on bags. He didn’t have to go through security. It took a drug-sniffing dog in Atlanta to catch him. John Carlos Frey goes through an exclusive list of 95 internal investigations into CBP officers and Border Patrol agents, closed by the Homeland Security inspector general between 2023 and 2025 and obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by attorney Andrew Free. The files include officers paid to wave cars through their lanes, an agent who opened gates in the border fence for smugglers, officers accused of searching government databases for people under investigation, and allegations of abuse of people in custody. Frey also looks at the Laredo Border Patrol agent charged in late October with murdering his wife. And he asks what happens as ICE adds 12,000 new agents with less training and vetting, according to an ACLU report. Who’s guarding the guards? https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/former-cbp-officer-sentenced-smuggling-cocaine-us-virgin-islands-atlanta https://theraidpodcast.org/Disclaimer: The statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants on this program are solely their own and do not necessarily represent those of the distributor of the program and any person or entity affiliated with said distributor ("distributor's affiliates"). The distributor and distributor's affiliates are not responsible for, and shall not be liable for, the statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants, or for any content that appears on the program. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 4 days ago45 min
ICE and the Law
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández has been a U.S. citizen every day of his life. Coming home from a trip abroad, he handed over his U.S. passport at the Atlanta airport and was held in a room whose door opened only from the outside. No one told him why. Host, John Carlos Frey asks the Ohio State law professor a direct question: is the deportation machine operating lawfully? They work through a list of practices that may break the government’s own rules: arresting people who are following the asylum process, firing immigration judges and recruiting “deportation judges,” sending children into immigration court without lawyers, holding children beyond the limits of the Flores settlement, and deporting people to countries like South Sudan and Eswatini where they have no ties. The Supreme Court hears the third-country case in December. A wide ranging discussion about law, ICE and the future of immigration enforcement. https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/cesar-cuauhtemoc-garcia-hernandez-ab-jd https://theraidpodcast.org/Disclaimer: The statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants on this program are solely their own and do not necessarily represent those of the distributor of the program and any person or entity affiliated with said distributor ("distributor's affiliates"). The distributor and distributor's affiliates are not responsible for, and shall not be liable for, the statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants, or for any content that appears on the program. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 1 weeks ago15 min
Election Day and Those Left Out
Today is Election Day. This is a story about the people who wanted to be in that line — and were never allowed to reach it. They did everything this country asked. They got green cards, waited years, paid the fees, were fingerprinted, background-checked and interviewed, and passed the civics test. All that was left was the oath. Then, moments before their ceremony at Boston's Faneuil Hall — the "Cradle of Liberty" — officers began pulling people out of line. Not for anything they did. For where they were born. John Carlos Frey turns from the back door of America's deportation machine to the front door — the "legal way" immigrants are always told to use — and still they are left out of the dream of full citizenship. https://theraidpodcast.org/Disclaimer:The statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants on this program are solely their own and do not necessarily represent those of the distributor of the program and any person or entity affiliated with said distributor ("distributor's affiliates"). The distributor and distributor's affiliates are not responsible for, and shall not be liable for, the statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants, or for any content that appears on the program. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 1 weeks ago45 min
ICE Raids are on the Ballot with Astead Herndon
The ICE raids are on the ballot this November. But does any of it actually move voters? Political journalist Astead Herndon has spent a decade asking voters what they really believe, and his answers aren’t comfortable. John Carlos Frey talks with Herndon, host of Vox’s America, Actually, former host of The Run-Up at The New York Times and a CNN political analyst. Herndon argues that President Trump tried to “soft steal” the midterms before they started, through redistricting, fights over mail ballots and pressure on states over voter rolls. On immigration, Herndon says the crackdown isn’t winning votes and is driving a backlash, including among the Latino voters who swung toward Trump two years ago. He explains why he sees Latino voters as the swing voters who decide general elections. They also discuss what could happen if Democrats win big and the administration refuses to accept it, why the press has lost the public’s trust, and why Herndon now thinks the country needs a constitutional convention. https://www.vox.com/authors/astead-herndon https://theraidpodcast.org/Disclaimer:The statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants on this program are solely their own and do not necessarily represent those of the distributor of the program and any person or entity affiliated with said distributor ("distributor's affiliates"). The distributor and distributor's affiliates are not responsible for, and shall not be liable for, the statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants, or for any content that appears on the program. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 2 weeks ago24 min
The Coalition Taking On “Rigged Elections”
Days before the midterms, a coalition of Los Angeles business, faith and civic leaders went inside the county’s vote count to answer one question: will your vote be counted? Miguel Santana, CEO of the California Community Foundation, returns to The Raid to talk with John Carlos Frey about "A Count You Can Trust", the nonpartisan coalition he co-chairs with former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. He explains why the lead can change even after election night, as it did in the mayoral primary that the Trump called, rigged. They also discuss the fear building in California before Election Day. Santana describes a federal challenge to Los Angeles County voter registrations, made in the middle of the election without evidence, and arrests of people accused of illegal voting, carried out in front of cameras. Santana, who was born in East Los Angeles, says he now carries his passport, and he worries those images will reach Latino voters in places where a few votes could decide a race. https://www.acountyoucantrust.org/ California Community Foundation: https://www.calfund.org/ https://theraidpodcast.org/Disclaimer: The statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants on this program are solely their own and do not necessarily represent those of the distributor of the program and any person or entity affiliated with said distributor ("distributor's affiliates"). The distributor and distributor's affiliates are not responsible for, and shall not be liable for, the statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants, or for any content that appears on the program. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 2 weeks ago11 min
Blame the Immigrants
A 143-year-old city hall in Limoges, France goes up in flames. Within hours, Vice President J.D. Vance shares the video and tells Americans, “This is the future if congressional Democrats win.” The next morning, President Trump posts, “France is burning,” and blames immigrants. John Carlos Frey treats the claim like a case and follows the evidence. French authorities have not linked immigrants to the rioting. He lays out why the claim is false, why it’s scapegoating, and how it follows the same playbook used during the 2025 ICE protests in Los Angeles, now aimed at American voters weeks before Election Day. Then he asks the question the administration won’t answer: millions of people are gone, so why hasn’t your life gotten better? https://theraidpodcast.org/Disclaimer:The statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants on this program are solely their own and do not necessarily represent those of the distributor of the program and any person or entity affiliated with said distributor ("distributor's affiliates"). The distributor and distributor's affiliates are not responsible for, and shall not be liable for, the statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants, or for any content that appears on the program. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 3 weeks ago41 min
Aaron Parnas: 'The News is Being Sane Washed'
John Carlos Frey sits down with Aaron Parnas, the former public defender turned independent news creator with millions of followers on TikTok and one of Substack’s top newsletters, The Parnas Perspective. Parnas started posting when Russia invaded Ukraine and his six-year-old cousin was sheltering in a bathtub in Kyiv. He had a million followers within a week. Today he talks about why legacy media “sane-washes” this administration, and he breaks down the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home three weeks before an election she’s on the ballot for. He also lays out his “Jurassic Park” theory: a White House that tests every fence in the Constitution looking for a weak spot. A spirited conversation between two journalists from different generations sharing consensus about the immigration raids and the state of media today. A must watch! https://aaronparnas.substack.com/ https://theraidpodcast.org/Disclaimer:The statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants on this program are solely their own and do not necessarily represent those of the distributor of the program and any person or entity affiliated with said distributor ("distributor's affiliates"). The distributor and distributor's affiliates are not responsible for, and shall not be liable for, the statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants, or for any content that appears on the program. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 3 weeks ago22 min
A Count You Can Trust
Fear is keeping people from the polls. On this episode of The Raid, investigative journalist John Carlos Frey talks with former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa about A Count You Can Trust, a new nonpartisan coalition he co-chairs to explain how votes are counted and correct false claims with facts. Villaraigosa has been on the ballot 21 times and says he has never seen tension like this. With talk of ICE agents at voting centers, an immigration enforcement surge in Los Angeles, and claims from Washington that California’s elections are rigged, he explains why so many voters, Democrats and Republicans alike, are worried, and why Election Night leads can flip once mail-in ballots are counted. He walks through every way to vote without setting foot in a polling place, how to check your registration and track your ballot, why L.A. County, which counts more votes than 41 states, takes time to finish, and how anyone can watch the count in person. He also explains how you can join the coalition. His message: vote for whoever you want, but vote, because your ballot will be counted. https://www.acountyoucantrust.org/ https://theraidpodcast.org/Disclaimer:The statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants on this program are solely their own and do not necessarily represent those of the distributor of the program and any person or entity affiliated with said distributor ("distributor's affiliates"). The distributor and distributor's affiliates are not responsible for, and shall not be liable for, the statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants, or for any content that appears on the program. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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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.
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