Today on The BradCast: As it turns out, Americans who voted for Trump because they supported his promise of mass deportation and detention of “the worst of the worst”, don’t like what that actually looks like now that it is happening — especially now that they see that those being rounded up are usually anything but the “worst of the worst”. They are often people they live and work with. And, in more and more cases, actually U.S. citizens. [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.]
Among today’s coverage…
- New polling from Gallup finds support for immigration skyrocketing to a near 25-year high, with almost 80% of Americans now seeing it as a “good thing” for the country. That’s a 15-point increase in support from from just one year ago, when anti-immigrant sentiment helped put Donald Trump back in office with a vote by a minority of Americans. Just 2 in 10 Americans now see immigration as a bad thing, down 32% since last year. The changes in outlook are almost entirely due to shifting support from Republicans and independent voters whose views have changed along with the violent, indiscriminate ICE round-up tactics by the Administration.
- Tossing U.S. citizen children into detention lock-up for weeks at a time — in violation of federal policy — probably doesn’t help either. That includes, California to Florida are now condemning the Trump Administration tactics and standing with their terrified immigrant communities. Ya know, like Jesus would.
- All of that comes on the heels of a U.S. District Court in Southern California on Friday issuing a ruling meant to block the “roving patrols” being carried out by ICE, with arrests often based on little more than physical appearance, the language that targets speak, or the jobs they hold (at car-washes, farms and day laborers in Home Depot parking lots). Targeting suspected unlawful migrants without “reasonable suspicion” must temporarily stop in seven counties in and around Los Angeles, the judge ruled. The White House, of course, condemned the ruling and, naturally, has vowed to to appeal.
Then, we open up the phones to callers with some good thoughts and excellent questions about all of that; about the Trump Administration’s about-face on releasing “The Epstein Files”; and more…
The BradCast
with Brad Friedman
7/14/2025
Repub, Indie Support for Immigrants Skyrockets Amid Trump’s Crackdown: ‘BradCast’ 7/14/2025 | U.S.-born kids caught in net; Religious leaders condemn DHS/ICE; Federal judge blocks indiscriminate SoCal round-ups; Also: Callers ring in... · · · · · Repub, Indie Support for Immigrants Skyrockets Amid Trump’s Crackdown: ‘BradCast’ 7/14/2025 | U.S.-born kids caught in net; Religious leaders condemn DHS/ICE; Federal judge blocks indiscriminate SoCal round-ups; Also: Callers ring in...
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This is racial profiling.
When masked men with no ID grab people off the street and take them to an undisclosed location, uh, that’s KIDNAPPING.
Someone should tell those Ice goons they are committing a STATE CRIME, which is *non-pardonable by the President*, whether orange-colored or not.
If these ghouls think they will get off like the Jan 6 thugs, they are mistaken. They will have to depend on a Democratic governor to pardon them. Nah ga’ happen.
Face covers will not necessarily save them, either.
There are friends, neighbors and family members who know what they are doing.
At some later date, some of these folks will develop regrets or guilt, stop shielding the guilty, and step forward to testify.
If America doesn’t go totally down the (fascist) tubes, and can recover from this super-crisis, this is likely to happen eventually, IMO.
We will need a national period of “Nuremberg Trial”-type activity, as America cleans out the fascists, in the eyes of the world.
If this (big trials) doesn’t come to pass, bye bye USA.
Two of the plaintiffs in Perdomo v Noem were American citizens. One, a US-born citizen, was arrested by ICE because she didn’t know the name of the hospital where she was born
Judge Frimpong issued two TROs. One bars agents from targeting individuals based on race or ethnicity; speaking Spanish or English with an accent; presence in specific locations such as bus stops, car washes, or agricultural sites; or type of employment. The second requires DHS to provide access to attorneys for those who are arrested.