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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Nov 13, 2026 · 27:35
What can a new Congress actually do about ICE? Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) has a plan, and it starts with following the money. Frost represents Orlando. He was the…
Nov 10, 2026 · 19:34
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…
Nov 6, 2026 · 45:55
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…
Nov 3, 2026 · 15:10
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…
Oct 30, 2026 · 45:42
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…
Oct 27, 2026 · 24:10
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?…
Oct 23, 2026 · 11:46
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…
Oct 20, 2026 · 41:28
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…
Oct 17, 2026 · 22:57
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…
Oct 16, 2026 · 48:08
John Carlos Frey talks with Nick Miroff, staff writer at The Atlantic, 2026 Pulitzer Prize finalist, and George Polk Award winner, about what’s really happening inside ICE and…
Oct 13, 2026 · 40:33
John Carlos Frey sits down with Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, to talk about what mass deportation is doing to immigrant families, U.S. citizens, and…
Oct 9, 2026 · 47:50
In 2018, Jess Morales Rocketto helped put people in the streets of hundreds of cities to stop family separation. Now she says the deportation machine has gotten smarter, and that…
Oct 6, 2026 · 27:26
Weeks before the November 3 midterms, Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) joins John Carlos Frey to talk about ICE raids in her district, the detention center that refused to let her in, and…
Oct 2, 2026 · 21:28
ICE agents stopped a work van outside Albany, Georgia. Three men ran. One of them, 28-year-old Edgar Cabrera-Gómez, ended up pinned beneath an ICE agent's Dodge Charger in the…
Sep 29, 2026 · 42:25
What happens when people who have lived in the U.S. legally for decades are suddenly made undocumented? Host John Carlos Frey sits down with Todd Schulte, president of FWD.us,…
Sep 25, 2026 · 18:18
In February 2026, ICE's acting director told the U.S. Senate under oath there was "no reason" for immigration agents to be at polling places. Within months, armed agents made an…
Sep 24, 2026 · 42:03
Is ICE coming to the polls? Independent investigative journalist Justin Glawe joins host John Carlos Frey to connect two stories that are rapidly converging: America's…
Sep 22, 2026 · 9:49
Can armed agents be at your polling place? The city of Denver just did something no city has done before: it sued the Trump administration to keep armed ICE agents away from the…
Sep 18, 2026 · 12:36
Election Day is weeks away, and the officials who control armed federal law enforcement still won't say a simple word: no. Host John Carlos Frey breaks down the pattern building…
Sep 17, 2026 · 47:30
Host John Carlos Frey sits down with immigration attorney and author Robert Coughlon Jr. to discuss his new book, Fixing Immigration in America: A Commonsense Plan for…
Sep 15, 2026 · 14:44
In the summer of 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services quietly published a federal procurement notice most Americans never saw. The Office of Refugee Resettlement…
Sep 11, 2026 · 8:50
George Pappas spent twenty years as an immigration attorney before becoming an immigration judge in 2023. Two years later, he was fired by email — three sentences, no…
Sep 10, 2026 · 51:46
They want you exhausted. That's the strategy. Journalist Memo Torres returns to The Raid to talk about ICE burnout — and why staying engaged might be the most radical thing you…
Sep 8, 2026 · 32:21
Before you press play, host John Carlos Frey wants you to know what this episode is. More than a year ago, a source he's worked with for close to 15 years — someone who has never…
Sep 4, 2026 · 40:02
Veteran journalist Charles Fleming returns to The Raid to tell the story of Maritza, an asylum seeker from Guatemala who survived decades of abuse before finding refuge in the…
Sep 3, 2026 · 46:08
Tatiana came to the United States from Russia on a legal visa and is married to a U.S. citizen. Five and a half months ago, she was arrested by ICE outside the Santa Monica…
Sep 1, 2026 · 11:27
On January 7th, a 37-year-old mother of three named Renee Goode was shot and killed by an ICE agent on a residential street in south Minneapolis — two blocks from an elementary…
Aug 28, 2026 · 11:50
Armed CBP agents and contractors entered Tohono O'odham land before dawn, blocked tribal police from enforcing their own law, and brought in a SWAT team to protect the work.…
Aug 27, 2026 · 47:22
John Carlos Frey sits down with Carlos Garcia — former executive director of the human rights organization Puente Human Rights Movement, former Vice Mayor of Phoenix, and…
Aug 25, 2026 · 15:25
A local officer runs the plates on a Ford Explorer parked outside a town hall — and the story the driver gives him falls apart within minutes. In this episode of The Raid, host…
Aug 21, 2026 · 8:06
A father in New Mexico thought he was going to an interview to reunite with his kids. Instead, ICE put him in chains. On this episode of The Raid, John Carlos Frey traces how the…
Aug 20, 2026 · 14:25
Host John Carlos Frey investigates the killing of Isaias Sanchez Barbosa, a 31-year-old man shot three times by a Border Patrol agent on a private ranch in Starr County, Texas,…
Aug 18, 2026 · 45:24
For over a year, LA Taco staff reporter Izzy Ramirez has been on the ground documenting ICE and Border Patrol raids across Southern California — logging arrests, archiving…
Aug 14, 2026 · 43:13
Host John Carlos Frey sits down with longtime civil rights organizer Eric Ward — Executive Vice President of Race Forward and a Senior Fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center —…
Aug 13, 2026 · 32:38
ICE has become a national deportation policing force — and according to a bombshell new ACLU report, it's operating with a level of violence and impunity America has never seen…
Aug 11, 2026 · 54:53
Host John Carlos Frey sits down with Sennett Devermont — known online as Mr. Checkpoint — the Southern California activist who built a nationwide alert network for DUI…
Aug 7, 2026 · 37:52
For months, The Raid has covered America's deportation machine through the eyes of journalists, experts, and activists — but the voices most missing from the conversation have…
Aug 6, 2026 · 53:31
At just 27, Sasha Renée Pérez became the youngest female mayor in San Gabriel Valley history. Now she's the youngest member of the California State Senate — and she's using that…
Aug 4, 2026 · 17:03
A federal guard pleads guilty to nine separate counts involving women held in the same detention facility. The government's own records show over 1,310 abuse complaints filed…
Jul 31, 2026 · 47:34
An ICE check-in used to be paperwork. Now it can be a trap — and that shift is doing the work that raids and deportation flights can't. John Carlos Frey talks with Kimberly…
Jul 30, 2026 · 45:06
The federal government owes nearly $1 million to Estrella del Paso, the largest provider of free legal services to unaccompanied migrant children in West Texas and New Mexico —…
Jul 28, 2026 · 14:45
What does it actually take for a detention system to qualify as a "concentration camp" — historically, not emotionally? In this episode of The Raid, host John Carlos Frey sets…
Jul 24, 2026 · 9:01
Before this year's midterms, ICE told a federal judge it had no records on any plans to send agents to polling places. That wasn't true. In this episode of The Raid, John Carlos…
Jul 23, 2026 · 26:26
In this urgent, unfiltered conversation, host John Carlos Frey sits down with Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03) — the first Latina elected to Congress from Illinois and the…
Jul 21, 2026 · 22:31
John Carlos Frey tells the story of Gabriel Cariaco's arrest in Bellevue, Nebraska — a legal asylum seeker who fled Venezuela, accused of being a member of the gang Tren de…
Jul 17, 2026 · 9:56
Three men are dead in fourteen days — Houston, Biddeford, St. Augustine — all in encounters with ICE. In the same week, border czar Tom Homan told Fox News that ICE agents are…
Jul 16, 2026 · 51:35
John Carlos Frey sits down with Jennifer Huerta, a sixth-grade language teacher in Bakersfield, California, and a recipient of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals).…
Jul 14, 2026 · 27:08
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…
Jul 10, 2026 · 9:11
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…
Jul 9, 2026 · 47:17
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…
Jul 7, 2026 · 41:19
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…
Jul 3, 2026 · 9:36
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 podcast,…
Jul 2, 2026 · 38:50
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…
Jun 30, 2026 · 20:30
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…
Jun 26, 2026 · 13:51
The U.S. government wired $70 million to purchase a massive warehouse to house detained immigrants in Surprise, Arizona — without telling the mayor, the city council, or a single…
Jun 25, 2026 · 46:59
Host John Carlos Frey sits down with Lilian Serrano, Director of the Southern Border Communities Coalition, for a powerful conversation about what's really happening along the…
Jun 23, 2026 · 17:09
He was born in the United States. He has a Real ID, a Social Security number and a birth certificate. ICE detained him three times in less than one year. Leonardo Garcia Venegas…
Jun 19, 2026 · 12:25
John Carlos Frey digs into the extra $70 billon just approved for ICE and Border Patrol. What is that money for and how is it all managed? The details are nothing short of a…
Jun 18, 2026 · 46:57
Host John Carlos Frey talks with Nayna Gupta, Policy Director at the American Immigration Council, to break down the Council's new report: Restoring Credibility and Humanity — a…
Jun 16, 2026 · 34:35
John Carlos Frey speaks with Stephen Sefton — industrial designer, philosopher, and founder of Third Coast Pillows — to explore how one small business owner is fighting back…
Jun 12, 2026 · 9:54
ICE has quietly changed how it reports deaths in immigration detention — and the change is designed to make people disappear from the record. Under the new internal policy, a…
Jun 11, 2026 · 43:42
Award-winning journalist Jacob Soboroff — author of Separated: Inside an American Tragedy and incoming host of Connect with Jacob Soboroff (premiering June 13 on MSNOW) — sits…
Jun 9, 2026 · 46:31
Host John Carlos Frey speaks with Austin Kocher, a political and legal geographer and Navy veteran (1999–2003), about the deeply underreported issue of immigrant veterans being…
Jun 5, 2026 · 9:23
In the 1960s, the CIA recruited tens of thousands of Hmong farmers and warriors in Laos to fight a secret proxy war on behalf of the United States. They rescued downed American…
Jun 4, 2026 · 53:37
Four powerful Latinas — actress and activist Diane Guerrero, communications strategist Arianna Rosales, immigration attorney Grisel Ruiz, and liberation-psychology therapist…
Jun 2, 2026 · 46:36
Investigative journalist René Kladzyk of POGO (Project on Government Oversight) joins host John Carlos Frey to expose the troubling track record of Loyal Source Government…
May 29, 2026 · 5:56
John Carlos Frey looks at the death of Kesley Vial, a 23-year-old Brazilian asylum seeker who died in 2022 at the Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico — a…
May 28, 2026 · 45:35
Host John Carlos Frey sits down with Chris Newman, legal director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), to explore the escalating federal crackdown on day…
May 26, 2026 · 44:52
Host John Carlos Frey speaks with Rachel Jordan, Managing Attorney at Safe Passage Project, a New York City-based nonprofit organization providing free legal representation to…
May 22, 2026 · 10:30
The Trump administration has detained 400,000 immigrants from interior arrests since January 2025. But how many children did it leave behind? In this episode of The RAID Podcast,…
May 21, 2026 · 48:51
The Raid host, John Carlos Frey speaks with Professor David Martinez — director of the Institute for Transborder Indigenous Nations at Arizona State University and an enrolled…
May 19, 2026 · 52:58
In this deeply personal and investigative episode of The Raid, host John Carlos Frey sits down with former Border Patrol agent and whistleblower Jenn Budd to expose what she…
May 15, 2026 · 10:17
A Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent has been indicted on 29 felony charges including ten counts of child sex trafficking. But the case of Bart Conrad Yager isn't just about one…
May 14, 2026 · 41:23
In this episode of The Raid, John Carlos Frey sits down with Adam Isaacson to unpack the systematic dismantling of oversight and accountability mechanisms within the Department…
May 13, 2026 · 14:19
Investigative journalist John Carlos Frey has spent 20 years covering ICE and Border Patrol. What he found will shock you. The three highest-ranking officials at the U.S. Border…
May 12, 2026 · 53:25
Celeste, co-founder of People Over Papers and ICEOUT.org, discusses the organizations' collaborative effort to map ICE enforcement activity across the US. ICEOUT.org is an…
May 8, 2026 · 8:23
The U.S. government made a promise to half a million people who grew up in in the United States — and it's breaking that promise quietly, deliberately, and one policy at a time.…
May 7, 2026 · 52:02
Sara Hernandez — candidate for California State Senate District 26 — joins host John Carlos Frey to talk about what it's like to run for office in a district under siege. A…
May 5, 2026 · 45:09
For more than twenty years, Meenu Batra sat inside courtrooms and recorded everything — testimony, rulings, the words spoken on the most consequential days of people's lives. She…
May 1, 2026 · 8:24
Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, more than 100 immigration judges have been fired in an unprecedented purge — with a similar number resigning or retiring. In their…
Apr 30, 2026 · 52:02
Izzy Ramirez didn't start as a journalist. He started as someone who refused to look away. When ICE raids swept through Los Angeles last summer, Izzy was on the streets — phone…
Apr 28, 2026 · 58:52
At just 18 years old, Cesar Vasquez is already a veteran organizer on California's Central Coast. As a Rapid Response Organizer for 805 Undocufund — a nonprofit providing…
Apr 24, 2026 · 9:06
Over the past ten months, federal immigration agents and Border Patrol officers have arrested more than three hundred American citizens at immigration protests across the country…
Apr 23, 2026 · 46:55
On this episode of The Raid is Marc Philpart. He is the Executive Director of the Black Freedom Fund, bringing more than a decade of leadership in grassroots organizations to…
Apr 21, 2026 · 49:03
Actress and activist, Diane Guerrero candidly reveals details of the night immigration officials deported her parents, leaving her without her family at age 14. Diane Guerrero is…
Apr 17, 2026 · 19:41
Former Border Patrol Agent, Jenn Budd is back on the podcast to offer her new book that dives into the federal law enforcement agencies known as ICE and US Border Patrol as only…
Apr 16, 2026 · 42:53
On the podcast is Victor Picard. He's the Edwin Baker Professor of media policy and political economy at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for communication,…
Apr 14, 2026 · 46:34
Tito Rodriguez he is the co-founder of the Local Hearts Foundation. The foundation focuses on helping at-risk families and underserved communities in the greater Los Angeles…
Apr 10, 2026 · 15:52
On January 3rd, 2026, a 55-year-old man named Geraldo Lunas Campos was standing in line at an immigration detention facility in El Paso, Texas, waiting for his asthma medication.…
Apr 9, 2026 · 53:17
Dr. Paul Ong is a Professor Emeritus at UCLA. He has been analyzing the data from across the country pertaining to the ICE raids. Dr. Ong discusses his findings in detail with…
Apr 7, 2026 · 46:31
Flock cameras, ring cameras, face recognition technology and license plate readers are just some of the technology ICE is using to surveil people across the country. Technology…
Apr 3, 2026 · 9:34
John Carlos Frey takes a look at the history of the top three officials within the Department of Homeland Security running the mass deportation campaign after the firing of…
Apr 2, 2026 · 50:24
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…
Mar 31, 2026 · 48:53
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…
Mar 27, 2026 · 11:25
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…
Mar 26, 2026 · 50:56
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…
Mar 24, 2026 · 46:52
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…
Mar 20, 2026 · 8:51
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…
Mar 19, 2026 · 54:40
Anat Shenker-Osorio is a prominent American political strategist, messaging consultant, and researcher specializing in communication strategies for progressive causes. She is…
Mar 17, 2026 · 30:21
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…
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