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The Raid

John Carlos Frey

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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  • #117
    July 14 · 27 min

    Ten People Killed by ICE and Border Patrol — No One Has Been Charged

    Ten people. Ten families still waiting for someone in the U.S. government to be held responsible for their deaths. In this episode, John Carlos Frey goes case by case through ten people killed by ICE and Border Patrol this year, including the most recent ICE relating killings. Frey relies on his original reporting about the Border Patrol's "Critical Incident Teams," internal units whose own stated mission was "mitigation of civil liability" rather than the truth. The Southern Border Communiti

  • #115
    July 10 · 9 min

    Texas Asked to Defend Migrant Kids - It Has No Authority to Do It

    Every unaccompanied immigrant child facing deportation is legally entitled to a lawyer — it's the law, not a favor. But the federal contract funding that representation for over 20,000 children expires this month, and instead of an open replacement process, reporting from the Texas Tribune reveals a series of phone calls: the Trump administration quietly asking Texas's Attorney General's office, then the ten-person Texas Indigent Defense Commission, to take on the job — an agency with no experie

  • #114
    July 9 · 47 min

    Nicole Locklin: A Citizen Candidate vs. the ICE Machine in Miami

    John Carlos Frey talks with Nicole Locklin — a Miami attorney and first-time candidate now running as the Democratic nominee for Florida's 26th Congressional District against 24-year incumbent Mario Diaz-Balart. Locklin explains what pushed her into the race. She explains the district's dramatic post-redistricting shift, the role of ICE and Stephen Miller in the current wave of immigration raids, the financial toll of the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility, and her platform centered on af

  • #113
    July 7 · 41 min

    The Car Wash Raids

    John Carlos Frey sits down with Flor Melendrez to talk about the wave of ICE raids that swept through Los Angeles car washes over the past year. Melendez shares her personal path into labor organizing — growing up the child of garment worker parents, negotiating wages for them as a child, and later working with day laborers before helping build the clean car wash campaign into what is now the Clean Car Wash Worker Center where she is the Executive Director. The two also discuss the racial and p

  • #112
    July 3 · 9 min

    When Bosses Call ICE: Raids Used to Destroy Unions

    ICE has been targeting labor leaders and organizers along with thousands of workers who are now more afraid than ever to fight for better working conditions. In this report, investigative journalist John Carlos Frey traces how that pattern has grown from a single farm in Albion, New York into a nationwide crisis in 2026 — one that is reshaping labor markets, collapsing organizing campaigns, and keeping some of the most vulnerable workers in America in a state of permanent fear. https://portsid

  • #111
    July 2 · 38 min

    How ICE Raids Could Steal the Midterms

    What if ICE raids aren't just about immigration enforcement — what if they're part of something much bigger? In this episode, host John Carlos Frey sits down with journalist and activist Lee Stedman, whose on-the-ground reporting during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis revealed a pattern that goes far beyond deportation. From the criminalization of rapid response networks to the rise of a coordinated interagency task force, Stedman connects the dots between surveillance technology, propag

  • #110
    June 30 · 20 min

    Convicted for Documenting ICE: The Baldwin Park Three

    On August 28, 2025, three immigrant rights activists followed an unmarked ICE vehicle through Los Angeles and livestreamed what they saw — exactly what rapid responders across Southern California had been doing for months. That afternoon ended with federal charges. Cynthia Raygoza, Ashleigh Brown, and Sandra Samane became known as the Baldwin Park Three. Their case didn't just put three women on trial, it put the First Amendment on trial — asking whether the right to document the government end

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