Jenn Budd and John Carlos Frey discuss the onboarding of 10,000 new ICE Agents by the end of 2025. The Department of Homeland Security is in the midst of an unprecedented hiring increase of 6,000 ICE Agents to 16,000 with financial incentives and lowering of standards to reach its' goals. The hiring and training of ICE agents appears to be headed for trouble.

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Miguel A. Santana has more than three decades of expertise in government, nonprofit, private, philanthropy and the community sectors and is renowned as an advocate for systems change and making Southern California a more equitable place for all its residents, especially those who have been historically marginalized.

On this episode, Miguel candidly shares his personal story about what shaped his life of advocacy and how he is using his life experience to address the current immigration raids.

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Three stories you may not have heard of from the week of Dec. 1, 2025 with John Carlos Frey.

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George Retes was on his way to work when he happened upon an immigration raid in progress. He was stopped by immigration officials. George immediately told them he was a US Citizen. It didn't seem to matter. He was pepper sprayed, his car window was smashed and he was pulled out of his vehicle, zip-tied and eventually held in detention without charges for three days.

Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem has stated that no US Citizens are being detained, in this podcast, George Retes will say otherwise.

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When Hulissa Aguilar was 12 years old her father was detained by ICE. She recounts the trauma and strain on her and her family. Now a college student studying politics and law, she remembers how it affected her life. Even though the scars remain she has worked hard to heal her past. She is now a spokesperson for the undocumented and has aspirations of getting involved in politics and becoming an immigration attorney.

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Three stories about the ongoing immigration raids you may not have heard for the week of Nov. 24, 2025 with John Carlos Frey.

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Journalist Nick Scwellenbach reveals Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff owns stock in the company Palantir, the same company that is used for data anaylsis and surveillance for ICE. Nick also reports that the stock was in his children's name and divested the investment after his reporting became public.

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Journalist Nick Schwellenbach discusses his recent findings on Border Patrol agent, Gregory Bovino who is responsible for spearheading the recent raids in Los Angeles, Chicago and now North Carolina. Bovino has been hauled into court and admonished by a federal judge for excessive use of force. Schwellenbach finds that Bovino has a history of excessive use of force, actually four times higher than other border patrol sectors.

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