{"podcast":{"title":"The Raid","slug":"the-raid-7569219","podcast_index_feed_id":7569219,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/9qpQUasG","website_url":"https://www.pitaya.fm/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/00c81e60-45f9-4643-9fed-2184b2b6a3d3/7c4b6afd-9380-4f62-86ed-3e9c4ab30621/3000x3000/the-20raid-20logo.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"John Carlos Frey","episode_count":119,"summary":"Hosted by six-time Emmy Award winner John Carlos Frey, THE RAID PODCAST is a deep dive into the frontlines of the ICE and Border Patrol immigration raids being implemented by the Trump administration. With an expert team of journalists and community members, the ever changing landscape and stories of the “mass deportation” are documented and broadcast. Learn firsthand what the raids feel like, whether they are lawful and what is happening to the people swept up by the unprecedented and ever increasing show of force.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T20:20:01.787615+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-raid-7569219"},"episode":{"title":"Texas Asked to Defend Migrant Kids - It Has No Authority to Do It","slug":"texas-asked-to-defend-migrant-kids-it-has-no-authority-to-do-it","published_at":"2026-07-10T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-raid-7569219/texas-asked-to-defend-migrant-kids-it-has-no-authority-to-do-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-raid-7569219","url":"https://www.pitaya.fm/","audio_url":"https://stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/0b4eeace-be24-4a6a-aa05-8fb4211e27d3/episodes/e237e258-ce33-496d-9be8-3b395851256e/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=0b4eeace-be24-4a6a-aa05-8fb4211e27d3&awEpisodeId=e237e258-ce33-496d-9be8-3b395851256e&feed=9qpQUasG","summary":"Every unaccompanied immigrant child facing deportation is legally entitled to a lawyer — it's the law, not a favor. But the federal contract funding that representation for over 20,000 children expires this month, and instead of an open replacement process, reporting from the Texas Tribune reveals a series of phone calls: the Trump administration quietly asking Texas's Attorney General's office, then the ten-person Texas Indigent Defense Commission, to take on the job — an agency with no experience, no funding, and no legal authority to do it. John Carlos Frey breaks down the facts. https://theraidpodcast.org/ https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/03/trump-texas-doj-indigent-defense-unaccompanied-immigrant-children/ https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2026-07-06/trump-administration-asks-texas-for-help-providing-legal-services-to-immigrant-kids-facing-deportation https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-news/trump-administration-asks-texas-for-help-providing-legal-services-to-immigrant-kids-facing-deportation/","meta_description":"Every unaccompanied immigrant child facing deportation is legally entitled to a lawyer — it's the law, not a favor. But the federal contract funding that…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":551,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-raid-7569219/episodes/texas-asked-to-defend-migrant-kids-it-has-no-authority-to-do-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-raid-7569219/texas-asked-to-defend-migrant-kids-it-has-no-authority-to-do-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}