How Migrant Children Became Bait

A father in New Mexico thought he was going to an interview to reunite with his kids. Instead, ICE put him in chains. On this episode of The Raid,  John Carlos Frey traces how the Trump administration is using migrant children in federal custody as leverage to locate and detain their parents and relatives — and how that's just one piece of a much bigger strategy to dismantle long standing protections for migrant children and to fast track their deportation. This is a story assembled from public reporting, court filings, and a sitting U.S. senator's letter to HHS — not hidden, just scattered. We put the pieces together.  KFF Health News — investigation on ORR/ICE coordinating to use migrant children to locate and detain relatives https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/the-week-in-brief-immigration-enforcement-migrant-kids-detention/  The Hill — Sen. Ron Wyden's June 2026 letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warning of fast-tracked deportation of 500+ children https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5941396-wyden-warns-trump-deportations-migrant-children/  CNN Politics — reporting on the administration accelerating deportations of migrant children in US custody https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/politics/migrant-children-deportations-trump  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.