How Public Opinion Reacts to Raids

The president wants more arrests and faster deportations of unauthorized immigrants. Which means the shock-and-awe enforcement campaigns might get even more chaotic.

This episode was produced by Denise Guerra with help from Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and hosted by Astead Herndon.

Federal agents in Chicago. Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images.

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