# SIO505: The ICE Whistleblower Hearing Was Astonishing. It Needs More Attention.

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Podcast: [Serious Inquiries Only](https://stenobird.com/podcast/serious-inquiries-only-495493)
Published: 2026-03-15T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Last month, there was a devastating hearing featuring a victim of ICE, an ICE whistleblower, and a previous DHS attorney. It revealed what, in any other time, would have been a massive scandal likely resulting in multiple firings. But we live in the bad times, which means this hearing took place in a maintenance shed barely on Congressional property during lunchtime put on by a ragtag team of the few remaining people who give a shit about constitutional rights. I take you through the hearing, and then next episode we're going to compare this to the Minnesota fraud hearings, of which the MAGA controlled congress has had... 3? 4? There is a marked difference in the seriousness of the people involved.

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