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Bulwark Takes

‘The Pitt’ Star Ned Brower Knew the ICE Episode Was Important (w/ Ned Brower & Karen Tulin)

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

News, Society & Culture, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Ned Brower from 'The Pitt' and Karen Tumlin of the Justice Action Center join The Bulwark's hosts Sonny Bunch and Adrian Carrasquillo to discuss the impact of the "ICE episode"—and the Trump policies that it shone a light on. They discuss the reality behind ICE showing up in hospitals, what changed in U.S. policy, and why viewers—and real doctors and nurses—responded so strongly.

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2:04.8

That's right. Yeah, I'm at work today about to see some real patients when we're finished,

2:08.6

which is disorienting but exciting and a whole different television, yeah.

2:13.6

That's wild. I'm going to pick your brain on this in a second. And Karen, of course,

2:16.9

is the founder and director of the Justice Action Center. She's talked to Adrian a bunch about ICE and all the immigration stuff that's going on. I'm actually going to kick it over to Adrian right now because really this is this is his Ballywick.

2:29.8

Karen, I wanted to just sort of set the stage because, of course, we see this incredible episode. We know it's touching on stuff that we care about and the work that you've done for so long

2:37.8

that I've known you and known of your work.

2:40.4

At the same time, you know, I wanted you to set the stage because ICE in hospitals is a real thing.

2:46.7

You know, patients being chained to beds.

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