ICE Goons at the Airport and DACA Detentions (w/ Jonathan V. Last)
Runaway Country with Alex Wagner
Runaway Country with Alex Wagner
4.8 • 13.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Leave it to travel delays during Spring Break to turn America’s focus to immigration again. This week, as Congress debates over funding and reforms to ICE, and Markwayne Mullin is sworn in as new Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alex brings our attention back to the ongoing tactics the Trump administration is using to target immigrants and tear families apart. First she speaks to Stephanie Villarreal, whose husband has been detained despite being a DACA recipient. Then Alex speaks to Jonathan V. Last, editor of The Bulwark, about how to keep a spotlight on immigration, especially when they employ bureaucratic tactics to change someone's status, and why Trump is trying to force a voting rights bill into the debate.
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