The Patrick Madrid Show: January 30, 2026 - Hour 3

The Patrick Madrid Show

Relevant Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Patrick welcomes listeners into lively national discussions about immigration, where real calls spark flashes of emotion and candid debate. Stories of border crossings, law enforcement pressures, political motives, and everyday struggles collide as Patrick weaves tough questions about justice, compassion, and faith into every exchange. He pushes for honest talk, highlighting on-the-ground realities and his own family history, refusing to let political talking points drown out the lived complexities shaping the issue.

Audio: President Obama in 2010 shoots down the whole "stop deportations and just let the illegal immigrants be" argument that the Democrat party is currently pushing. - https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2016146909245665336?s=20 (00:21)
Mark – Patrick, I want to compliment you on how you are handling yourself regarding ICE. (05:18)
Chris - I remember that whistling has been happening since Obama and Clinton. I think that more people without convictions are being held. I also have issues with how they are training ICE. (09:41)
Rico - ICE is being subjected to abuse because people hate Trump. They are using Hispanics. I feel used. (17:57)
Courtney - I think Covid and propaganda broke people's minds and that is why people are protesting. (20:43)
Doug - Are people looking into organization Indivisible? I asked protestors to go onto public property. I asked them who they were with and they said Indivisible. (24:03)
Carlos - People come over illegally but some do come here to escape murder or alcoholism. I fall into this category. How do we fix this? (29:47)
Elizabeth - I think we are not thinking outside of the box. Caravans were sent here and are now organized. We see this affecting legal immigrants who are here. Maybe this is how they will take away rights from people. We have to be vigilant. (39:22)
Kathleen - I think we don't have the ability to help the poor who need help because of all the illegal immigrants that come here. (45:14)
Carla - Trump is a big organizer too. He out organized Dems. Both sides are doing it. (48:26)

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0:00.0	There are those
0:10.0	Unpredictable Conversations, Encouragement for your day.
0:14.0	It's the Patrick Madrid Show on Relevant Radio.
0:18.0	There are those in the immigrants rights community who have argued passionately that we should
0:26.9	simply provide those who are illegally with legal status or at least ignore the laws on the
0:34.1	books and put an end to deportation until we have better laws.
0:39.3	And often this argument is framed in moral terms.
0:43.3	Why should we punish people who are just trying to earn a living?
0:47.3	I recognize the sense of compassion that drives this argument.
0:52.3	But I believe such an indiscriminate approach would be both unwise and unfair.
0:58.6	It would suggest to those thinking about coming here illegally that there will be no repercussions
1:04.2	for such a decision.
1:05.9	And this could lead to a surge in more illegal immigration. And it would also ignore the millions of people around the world who are waiting in line to come here legally.
1:16.6	Ultimately, our nation, like all nations, has the right and obligation to control its borders
1:24.6	and set laws for residency and citizenship.
1:28.6	And no matter how decent they are, no matter their reasons,
1:32.8	the 11 million who broke these laws should be held accountable.
1:37.5	Does that mean that Barack Obama was a white supremacist, Cyrus?
1:41.3	Was he being racist when he said that?
1:45.7	It's hard. Obviously not.
1:48.7	Yeah. Do we have any Hillary on tap?
1:52.6	She had some things to say too.
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