Exploring Trump’s deportation operations: a podcast comparable to Amazon Prime, featuring humans – a look into ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Near the 13th hole of a golf course in Alexandria, rural Louisiana, Oliver Laughland, the southern bureau chief of the Guardian US, witnessed an image that represented the current state of America. On one side, golfers teeing off on a scorching hot day, and on the other, through a fence and in the distance, people were shackled at their feet and hands, loaded onto planes. Laughland brings to light the Alexandria staging facility, a crucial center for Donald Trump’s deportation operations. The facility’s role has been revealed through a Guardian investigation, which exposed data detailing tens of thousands of flights transporting immigrants across the US for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (Ice). Laughland and immigration reporter Maanvi Singh discuss the investigation, the inner workings of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies, and concerns about the denial of due process and the ‘disappearance’ of individuals from lawyers and their families. Helen Pidd raises a question about whether the chaos and cruelty are intentional or merely unfortunate.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/sep/26/like-amazon-prime-but-with-human-beings-inside-trumps-deportation-machine-podcast