He Did His Time Then They Deported Him

For months, The Raid has covered America's deportation machine through the eyes of journalists, experts, and activists — but the voices most missing from the conversation have been the immigrants living it. In this episode, host John Carlos Frey sits down with veteran journalist Charles Fleming, a 40-year newsroom journalist and former Los Angeles Times editor, who came out of retirement to find and tell the personal stories that mainstream media can't — often under strict anonymity, because the people he interviews have too much to lose.  Fleming shares the story of Javier, who paints and sells his work under the name "Deported Artist." Born in Tijuana by accident — his mother crossed the border late in her pregnancy to see her dying father — Javier was raised his entire life in Oakland, California, alongside U.S. citizen siblings, with no understanding that he was undocumented. After serving a lengthy prison sentence, he was deported to Tijuana, a country he'd never known, where he has spent the last seven years rebuilding his life from nothing. His art — raw, political, and deeply personal — has become both his therapy and his voice.  This is a conversation about who gets a second chance in America, who doesn't, and what's lost when a country stops asking that question.  https://fleminguncounted.substack.com/p/uncounted https://theraidpodcast.org/ Disclaimer: The statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants on this program are solely their own and do not necessarily represent those of the distributor of the program and any person or entity affiliated with said distributor ("distributor's affiliates").  The distributor and distributor's affiliates are not responsible for, and shall not be liable for, the statements and opinions expressed by the host or participants, or for any content that appears on the program.      Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.