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Homeland Insecurity

How Fear Changed America. First released in 2020, Homeland Insecurity is an 8-part documentary podcast from RAICES that chronicles the untold story of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). We go... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Trailer: How did immigrants like me become the enemy?

Trailer: How did immigrants like me become the enemy?

I'm Erika Andiola: immigrant, activist, and host of the podcast Homeland Insecurity, which asks, "How did immigrants lik... Read more

13 May 2020

2mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 1: The Department

Episode 1: The Department

Nearly 20 years ago, Presidents George W. Bush and Vicente Fox stand side by side on the White House lawn, poised to bro... Read more

27 May 2020

38mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 2: Early Warning Signs

Episode 2: Early Warning Signs

On the heels of 9/11, early warning signs indicate that the US is changing its approach to immigration. Congress approve... Read more

27 May 2020

26mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 3: Detention Expansion

Episode 3: Detention Expansion

In addition to staffing CBP, the federal government begins to expand immigration detention, with a mandate to add 34,00... Read more

27 May 2020

31mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 4: Si Se Puede

Episode 4: Si Se Puede

As power switches hands from Republican to Democratic leadership in 2009, the nation holds its breath, hoping President ... Read more

27 May 2020

33mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 5: Jailing Families

Episode 5: Jailing Families

The Obama administration builds bigger and bigger jails to lock up families and labels moms and their children national ... Read more

28 Sep 2020

36mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 6: They Separated You From Me

Episode 6: They Separated You From Me

When the Trump administration gets ahold of DHS, they implement a new, horrific policy: Family Separation. Parents and c... Read more

5 Oct 2020

40mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 7: Asylum Ends, COVID Begins

Episode 7: Asylum Ends, COVID Begins

What happens when a dangerous immigration policy collides with a global pandemic? "Remain in Mexico," the Trump administ... Read more

12 Oct 2020

39mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 8: We All Become the Enemy

Episode 8: We All Become the Enemy

In June 2020, DHS descends on nationwide protests for racial justice and throws Portland demonstrators into unmarked van... Read more

19 Oct 2020

39mins

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