The Patrick Madrid Show: January 26, 2026 - Hour 3
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Patrick pulls listeners into heated conversations around immigration enforcement, where legal realities and compassion collide through personal stories and sharp debates. He fields passionate calls about ICE raids, family histories, and how shifting politics drive emotions across the nation. Authentic perspectives and strong disagreements fill the air as Patrick threads questions of faith, law, and empathy in unexpected ways.
- Patrick shares a batch of emails that have come in over the last hour in regard to the ICE protests in Minneapolis (00:35)
- Rosendo - I don't agree with some things Jose said. Not sure that immigration has been the same. I saw my dad's struggles. He didn't cut corners. There were peaceful marches during Obama but not nationwide like it is now. (08:14)
- Margareta - I want to take you to task for using the word lunatic. I live in assisted living and retired teacher. (16:48)
- Eileen - I think there is a lack of empathy. Algorithms are shaping the narrative. (18:03)
- Cyrus shares a couple of emails that have just come in (22:29)
- Tim - You are not talking about the real issue. This is a revolution going on in Minnesota. You can't call this unnecessary. (25:40)
- Patty - I appreciate that you allow diversity of opinions on your program. I think we do need reform of immigration. A lot of people get emotional over this. I am against illegal immigration. (33:54)
- Annie - I am an immigrant to the US, and my parents took English classes and didn’t have government assistance. I feel strongly that we need to fix immigration and fighting in the streets is not the answer. (37:19)
- Jeff - We have laws and those need to be abided by without exception. (42:22)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Get me some coffee. Black. |
| 0:09.1 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.9 | It's the Patrick Madrid Show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:19.3 | All right, we are back and I'll be going to the phones in just a minute got a lot |
| 0:23.3 | of emails that have come in let's get to some of those here um i'm going to go through as many as i |
| 0:28.9 | can quickly before we go to the phones this first one up is from alexis who says i agree with you |
| 0:36.4 | mr madrid he was at fault. |
| 0:38.1 | I think he's referring to, was Prattie's first name, Alex? |
| 0:42.9 | Is that sound right? |
| 0:44.6 | No, what was his first name? |
| 0:46.0 | I don't remember. |
| 0:46.7 | But Mr. Prattie, the man who was killed a couple of days ago in a struggle with ice, |
| 0:51.8 | from everything I could see in the videos, he was shot by the ICE officers |
| 0:58.2 | or somebody did this. And there's more to the story here. But anyway, back to Alexis's email. |
| 1:06.2 | I agree with you. He says he was at fault. The ICE agent does not need to be held accountable |
| 1:10.7 | because I do not believe the shot was warranted. The ICE agent does not need to be held accountable because I do not |
| 1:11.6 | believe the shot was warranted on the other side of things. There's accountability on the other side as well. |
| 1:16.7 | You are legally allowed to protest. You are not legally allowed to impede an officer. |
| 1:21.4 | When the governor of the state is telling people to seek ICE agents out, take your phone out, |
| 1:26.3 | and record for future prosecution, That's what they will do. |
| 1:30.0 | The agents are being followed and harassed just so these people have something to record. I believe |
| 1:34.1 | the officer snapped. Actually, it appeared to me that there were several, maybe three or four, |
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