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The Worst of the Worst: Inside 95 Investigations of Border Officers episode artwork
Nov 10, 202620 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 …

ICE and the Law episode artwork
Nov 6, 202646 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…

Election Day and Those Left Out episode artwork
Nov 3, 202615 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 t…

ICE Raids are on the Ballot with Astead Herndon episode artwork
Oct 30, 202646 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 as…

The Coalition Taking On “Rigged Elections” episode artwork
Oct 27, 202624 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…

Blame the Immigrants episode artwork
Oct 23, 202612 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, “Thi…

Aaron Parnas: 'The News is Being Sane Washed' episode artwork
Oct 20, 202641 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…

A Count You Can Trust episode artwork
Oct 17, 202623 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…

Who Holds ICE Accountable? episode artwork
Oct 16, 202648 MIN

Who Holds ICE Accountable?

John Carlos Frey talks with Nick Miroff, staff writer at The Atlantic, 2026 Pulitzer Prize finalist, and George Polk Award winner, about what’s r…

Is Mass Deportation Racially Motivated? episode artwork
Oct 13, 202641 MIN

Is Mass Deportation Racially Motivated?

John Carlos Frey sits down with Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, to talk about what mass deportation is doing to immigran…

The Fight Against the Deportation Machine episode artwork
Oct 9, 202648 MIN

The Fight Against the Deportation Machine

In 2018, Jess Morales Rocketto helped put people in the streets of hundreds of cities to stop family separation. Now she says the deportation mac…

Locked Out of Adelanto by ICE - Congresswoman Judy Chu Goes Back episode artwork
Oct 6, 202627 MIN

Locked Out of Adelanto by ICE - Congresswoman Judy Chu Goes Back

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 t…

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She’d had a green card for 23 years. Then she spent 15 months in ICE detention.

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It was senior night for her El Paso dance team. She was in ICE detention with her family.

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Why this ICE report was missing the truth #Investigation #TheRaidPodcast

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Cameras and sensors cannot provide protection when an insider helps smugglers avoid them.

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A badge can open doors that everyone else must pass through under scrutiny.

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A security system can be compromised at the point where one person makes a decision.

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What happens to a serious safeguarding concern after prosecutors decline a case?

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Opening an investigation is only the beginning of accountability.

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Public deserves to know how a law enforcement agency responds when its own personnel face arrest.

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Smugglers were paying for something more valuable than a route: an officer’s cooperation.

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Any serious assessment of border security has to examine the conduct of the people enforcing it.

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Different ports. Different cases. A recurring question about access.

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The Dark Reality of Border Patrol: 95 Investigations You Weren't Meant to See

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An asylum seeker describes a pregnancy loss while in immigration

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He went to his green card interview. He left in ICE custody.