Taken: The Agents Raiding Communities and the People Trying to Stop Them
Latino USA
My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
“The hunting of Latinos.” That’s how the mayor of Los Angeles described the last few months of increasingly violent immigration raids. They’re the brainchild of a Border Patrol chief who went rogue.
In response, these tactics have created a swell of anti-ICE pushback, including from the highest levels of government, and support for the communities affected. With politicians running up against the full force of the federal government – with the backing of the Supreme Court – community is what protects you.
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| 0:39.8 | so we're going about what, like 10, 12, maybe 15 miles an hour, down neighborhood streets. |
| 1:04.8 | Like these are homes. |
| 1:06.1 | Yes. |
| 1:07.1 | How is this barrio, more or less? |
| 1:09.3 | This is historic south central. |
| 1:11.2 | Oh, my goodness. |
| 1:13.3 | It's just after 6 a.m. |
| 1:15.1 | The sun isn't out yet on this dewy morning. |
| 1:17.9 | We're looking right now for, like, vehicles. |
| 1:22.6 | They're usually American-made vehicles. |
| 1:27.3 | They're definitely, like, have super dark-tinted windows, |
| 1:32.2 | so you'll find the agents are double-parked. |
| 1:35.6 | Immigration enforcement agents. |
| 1:38.1 | Border Patrol, ice. |
| 1:40.7 | Men, because they're mostly men, in unmarked cars, |
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