The Raid

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,...

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 surveil...

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. https://theraidpodcast.org/ https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/analyses/trump-2-0s-year-one-reshap...

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 organizati...

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...

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.  https://theraidpodcast.org/  https://www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-dete...

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 straigh...

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 Carlo...

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  https://theraidpodcast.org/ Disclaimer:...

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. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/ice-kids-in-detention-num...

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...

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. https://theraidpodcast.org/ https://www.foreign.senate.gov/i...

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. governm...

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. govern...

For the week of February 9, 2026 John Carlos Frey documents the treatment of children in immigrant detention facilities. He exposes the violations of norms and law and exposes an inhumane tactic of using children as a deterrent strategy against future migration. https://theraidpodcast.org/ https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters Disclaimer: The statements and opinions expres...

Brandon Garrison is US citizen residing in Florida. His wife, Gabriela came to the United States legally, she has no criminal record. According to Brandon, she was illegally detained in October, 2025 and has been in immigrant detention for the past 5 months. She is eligible for US citizenship through her marriage to Brandon but the Federal government is barring them from completing the necessary p...

Although most of think of Minneapolis for the center of the immigration raids, more and more people are being apprehended daily by roving patrols in the greater Los Angeles area. Almost weekly, apprehension numbers continue to increase. Memo Torres of critically acclaimed, LA Taco shares his findings with John Carlos Frey.  Memo is the Director of Engagement and a multimedia journalist. He is also...

John Carlos Frey chronicles the numerous violent crimes committed by ICE and Border Patrol agents across the country. https://theraidpodcast.org/ https://www.calonews.com/featured-topics/immigration/new-report-details-dozens-of-federal-immigration-agents-with-violent-records/article_1c93204d-e97f-44a3-a42e-f6790df6ae3c.html https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountability-for-ice-and-cbp Disclaime...

Over a year ago, a prosecutor for ICE in immigration court was exposed by journalists for having a racially charged X account. The exposé seemed to spark an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security but now he is back on the job and the racist X account is still active. Steven Monacelli is the journalist who broke this story. He is an award winning investigative journalist focusing on e...

Although most of us understand the immigration raids have been occurring in Minneapolis, apprehensions continue across the country and actively in Southern and Central California. On the podcast is Patricia Solorio, she's the associate director at the fund for Santa Barbara, which is a nontraditional community foundation that supports organizations and groups working for progressive social change...

A discussion with journalists, Amairani Hernandez and Michelle Zacarias from Los Angeles and American Southwest based digital publication, CALO News. The discussion focuses on Gregory Bovino the head of Border Patrol operations in Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte and recently Minneapolis now being moved back to his post as sector chief in El Centro, CA. Topics also include an increase in Border Pat...

Eunice Cho is senior counsel at the ACLU National Prison Project. She's a nationally recognized expert and litigator on issues pertaining to immigration detention, including access to counsel. She has served as lead and co-counsel in numerous cases to protect the rights of immigrant detainees, including people held at the cruelly named Alligator Alcatraz detention facility and the Guantanamo Naval...

The ICE riads have been indiscriminate and are racially profiling. In the past few months, Native Americans some also referred to as First Nations People have been detained in Iowa, Arizona and Minnesota. Tribal Identification has not been accepted in some cases even though all Native peoples are US Citizens. Gabriel Galanda sits down with John Carlos Frey to discuss the current immigration raids...

Immigrant deaths in detention so far in this new year are on a record pace. John Carlos Frey uses ICE's own data to highlight the tragic loss of life in Americas' ever-growing immigrant detention population. 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 dis...

Silky Shau the executive director of Detention Watch Network. It's a US based national coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to abolishing the immigration detention system through collective advocacy, education and grassroots organizing. Detention Watch Network aims to end the detention and deportation of immigrants and promote racial equity in immigration policy. Silky discusses th...