John Carlos Frey

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Investigative Journalist and Host of The Raid podcast

John Carlos Frey is a six-time Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist with more than 20 years of experience covering immigration, border security and corruption within the government.

His reporting is the subject of a recently-released HBO documentary, Critical Incident: Death at the Border, which details how Border Patrol agents killed an undocumented immigrant and then covered it up. Frey is also the author of Sand and Blood: America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border — a definitive examination of the politics and power shaping U.S. immigration and border enforcement.

Frey is currently the host of The Raid, a new podcast that examines the human, political, and legal consequences of ongoing ICE raids across the country.

John Carlos Frey - Investigating Border Patrol, Immigration Policy, and Why Immigrants Risk It All
March 2, 2026

John Carlos Frey - Investigating Border Patrol, Immigration Policy, and Why Immigrants Risk It All

I welcome six-time Emmy Award winning journalist, documentarian, and podcaster, John Carlos Frey to the show. John brings 20 years of experience covering immigration, border security and corruption within the government to th...