# detained (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover detained. Page: Feed: --- ## [America's Accountability Problem: Justice Delayed, Justice Denied](https://www.nickvalencianews.com/p/americas-accountability-problem-justice) _2026-08-20 · Nick Valencia · Nick Valencia News_ Amir Modaraei's wife was violently taken into custody by ICE. She's been held in the Adelanto Detention for months and says an ICE agent falsified docs on his wife's detention. Now he's speaking out. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212040139/9486d601ad8581c49494226a1b790249.mp3) ## [“Our Faith Is Calling Us to Take Care of These Folks, Not Kick Them Out”: Rep Greg Landsman on Why Extending TPS for Haitians is a Matter of Dignity](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/our-faith-is-calling-us-to-take-care) _2026-08-19 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ Rep. Greg Landsman on the end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, the Ohio congregations that support them, and the three-year TPS extension the House passed that the Senate has not. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211895117/50379a778c0aff482568d78348a74006.mp3) ## [Running Out Of Time: Someone's Countdown to Self-Deport and an American Jailed In India](https://www.nickvalencianews.com/p/running-out-of-time-someones-countdown) _2026-08-19 · Nick Valencia · Nick Valencia News_ A top D.C. political consultant faces losing her immigration status. Plus, an American’s worsening hunger strike inside an Indian prison. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211755115/88212d90e218ffdbd8a06df82ef9635b.mp3) ## [JOURNALISTS ARE BEING CENSORED AND KIDNAPPED BY ICE 🚨](https://www.nickvalencianews.com/p/journalists-are-being-censored-and) _2026-08-18 · Nick Valencia · Nick Valencia News_ A recording from Nick Valencia and Natalie Bencivenga's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211622564/255ee5bbbcb5dce4faf28e59f4f4ccae.mp3) ## [How is the End of Haitian TPS Hurting Ohio and What Can Congress Do?: A Live Conversation with Rep. Greg Landsman](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/how-is-the-end-of-haitian-tps-hurting) _2026-08-17 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ Join me this Wednesday, August 19 at 2:00 PM Eastern on Substack Live for a conversation with Rep. Greg Landsman of Ohio about how ending TPS for Haitians is impacting our state. ## ["All We Want Is To Be Together Again." He Did Not Commit A Crime. ICE Took Andrey Kalyakin, Anyway. In Audio He Pleads For Release After Five Months](https://www.nickvalencianews.com/p/all-we-want-is-to-be-together-again) _2026-08-15 · Nick Valencia · Nick Valencia News_ This week, Andrey's wife Sofia sent this audio recording exclusively to Nick Valencia News. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211260006/65bba2ac69c99872d4b970d772eeab2b.mp3) ## [Press Conference: Wife of Active-Duty Army Staff Sergeant Released from ICE Custody, Speaks Out About Fear and Uncertainty](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/press-conference-wife-of-active-duty) _2026-08-14 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ Maisa Lopes Eliaser is home after five weeks in immigration detention. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211185128/129de9dc45c898f754b6bcb8d12c72fd.mp3) ## [U.S. Pushes Again To Make Immigration More Challenging. Plus, An ICE Detainee Whose Son Fights Leukemia. And A Major NVN Announcement](https://www.nickvalencianews.com/p/us-pushes-again-to-make-immigration) _2026-08-13 · Nick Valencia · Nick Valencia News_ We delve into the executive order on so-called "birth tourism." The nationalist movement is alive in Georgia where Sen. candidate Mike Collins is embroiled in a controversy. And Diaz & Gaeta Law Firm. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211071660/90f79c10576b790e843576a554e93e54.mp3) ## [Press Conference Announcement: Wife of Active-Duty Army Staff Sergeant Released from ICE Custody](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/press-conference-announcement-wife) _2026-08-13 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ Maisa Lopes Eliaser is home after weeks in ICE custody. Join me tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. Eastern for a press conference with her, Staff Sgt. Alexis Jaramillo, Danitza James, and Ashley DeAzevedo. ## [New Tool Now Available: The ICE Detention Mortality Dashboard](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/launched-today-detention-mortality-dashboard) _2026-08-12 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ A new interactive tool from Relevant Research tracks the growing number of deaths inside ICE's civil immigrant detention system, with links to source material and downloadable data. ## [Auto-trade Cross-Exchange Gaps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5kdokME1g0MF) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Find cross-exchange spreads, backtest strategies, and execute automatically with risk controls. ## [Data Centers: Coming To A Town Near You? Plus, A Newlywed In ICE Custody.](https://www.nickvalencianews.com/p/data-centers-coming-to-a-town-near) _2026-08-12 · Nick Valencia · Nick Valencia News_ America’s growing revolt over AI data centers. Why communities are fighting back. Plus, a Venezuelan asylum seeker detained one week after his wedding. His wife joins us live. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210786497/d3413df09c023c90a9e8460af0a305eb.mp3) ## [This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers (August 9, 2026)](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-by-the-immigration-numbers-0bc) _2026-08-09 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ Welcome to the weekly segment called This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers. ## [Why Is ICE Deporting the Families of Active-Duty Military? Danitza James of Repatriate Our Patriots on What a New AP Investigation Found](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/why-is-ice-deporting-the-families) _2026-08-06 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ ICE claims that they are going after “the worst of the worst” in order to protect public safety and national security—but that public message doesn’t match up with a new pair of articles by the Associated Press that documents 50 cases of spouses and parents of military families who are being deported right now. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210132257/b04034913b270c1c77f5bc70c349ffec.mp3) ## [Suing The Feds: Truck Driver With DACA Speaks Out About The CDL License Drama](https://www.nickvalencianews.com/p/suing-the-feds-truck-driver-with) _2026-08-06 · Nick Valencia · Nick Valencia News_ 50,000 drivers have DACA. Another 150,000 have mixed immigrant status. Jorge Rivera joins us to talk about the merit of his lawsuit against the feds. Plus, a GA Election official's house shot 20 times [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210118046/04dfbc8e00efef03427f4d2678ef11c9.mp3) ## [BREAKING NEWS: “They Shot My Whole House!” Home Of GA Secretary of State Spokesman Shot 20 Times Overnight. Atlanta Police Reach Federal Authorities For Assistance](https://www.nickvalencianews.com/p/breaking-news-they-shot-my-whole) _2026-08-06 · Nick Valencia · Nick Valencia News_ Robert Sinners is the spokesman for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger. He and his fiance were home at the time of the shooting, but were not injured. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210085723.mp3) ## [America Is Watching: From Michigan Voting Day to ICE Detention. Plus, RFK Jr. Lies Again](https://www.nickvalencianews.com/p/america-is-watching-from-michigan) _2026-08-04 · Nick Valencia · Nick Valencia News_ It's voting day in Michigan. Will progressives push ahead? And, a man who entered the U.S. legally and is not a criminal was detained by ICE. He joins us live from custody with an exclusive interview. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209823764/828063f34c3f4f4e9b872725e466eaa5.mp3) ## [LETTER TO ICE: He Entered Legally and Married a U.S. Citizen, Why Is He Detained By ICE?](https://www.nickvalencianews.com/p/letter-to-ice-he-entered-legally) _2026-08-04 · Nick Valencia · Nick Valencia News_ Behind every immigration case is a real person. A real family. This is a letter from Andrey Kalyakin currently held at the Winn Correctional Center in the custody of ICE. ## [Edwin Lopez-Cornejo Is the 23rd Person to Die in ICE Custody in 2026](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/edwin-lopez-cornejo-is-the-23rd-person) _2026-08-04 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ Edwin Lopez-Cornejo died at Delaney Hall in Newark, six weeks into ICE custody. He is the 23rd person to die in ICE detention this year and the second at Delaney Hall since it reopened under Trump. ## [Is the Democratic Party collapsing?](https://www.nickvalencianews.com/p/is-the-democratic-party-collapsing) _2026-08-03 · Nick Valencia · Nick Valencia News_ Establishment Dems want to label some of the rising progressives within the party as antisemites. What will this mean for the elections ahead? We're hear to have the uncomfortable discussion [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209698527/b0dd470befda6f1ccc3d187d2b5923f7.mp3) ## [This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers (July 31, 2026)](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-by-the-immigration-numbers-8c3) _2026-07-31 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ ICYMI, the last numbers on: arrests at a record pace, asylum cases rerouted to judges, unaccompanied kids losing lawyers, more denaturalizations, enforcement deaths, and courts drawing new limits. ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oK2Le3tD6jjN) _2026-07-31 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Mega-Masters Explained: How Trump's Immigration Courts are Manufacturing Deportations](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/mega-masters-explained-how-trumps) _2026-07-30 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ The Trump administration rolled out a new tactic to generate removal orders: piling well over 100 court cases on short notice into impossibly crowded single hearings. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209153032/6fc5ae807f92d77def4d3da665ba5dbd.mp3) ## [ICE Has Deported More Than 66,000 Family Members Under Trump Administration, Family Detention Is Back at Dilley and Karnes](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-has-deported-more-than-66000) _2026-07-29 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ New ICE data show more than 66,000 family-unit deportations since January 20, 2025, about one in ten removals, with an August spike above 20 percent, as family detention reopens at Dilley and Karnes. ## [Inside the Black Box of Detained Immigration Courts: A Conversation with Prof Rebecca Galemba and the DU Courtwatch Team](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/inside-the-black-box-of-detained) _2026-07-29 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ Rebecca Galemba and her University of Denver students on observing and documenting detained immigration hearings at the Aurora ICE facility, and what the public rarely gets to see. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208884538/8d0b60cc26f58329e8787d95346a12c2.mp3) ## [Over 600,000 People Booked Into ICE Detention Centers Since Start of Trump II Administration](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/over-600000-people-booked-into-ice) _2026-07-28 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ 65,000 people are currently in ICE detention, but the full impact is much larger and most detained people are deported. 1.75M people could be detained by the end of the second Trump administration. ## [New Details about Mega-Masters Help Tell the Inside Story of Mass Deportation Hearings](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-details-about-mega-masters-help) _2026-07-28 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ Latest immigration court data and qualitative research reveal much more about mega-masters hearings designed to generate large numbers of deportations and push courts to breaking point. ## [Breaking Down ICE's Latest Detention Data w/ Adam Sawyer](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/breaking-down-ices-latest-detention) _2026-07-27 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ Adam Sawyer and I walk through the problem that Detention Reports solves, explain new features of the site, and emphasize the importance of getting data from trusted, reliable sources. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208714852/ea2106a2de9643e94991c108fcbfdd74.mp3) ## [This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers (July 25, 2026)](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-by-the-immigration-numbers-a69) _2026-07-25 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ Welcome to the weekly segment called This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers! I’ll highlight some of the main takeaways from the week’s news that you might have missed, but do it in a unique way. Rather than try to summarize everything, I’ll pick a handful of figures each week that best capture where things are moving, explain why they matter, and provide a source where you can learn more. If you… ## [\*Detention Reports\* Updated With Latest Data and Details about ICE Facilities Nationwide](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/detention-reports-updated-with-latest) _2026-07-25 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ Relevant Research's DetentionReports.com project now updated with facility data through July, information on each facility's owner and operator, and 164 contracts across 78 facilities. ## ["Hospitals Should Never Become Places Where Fear Overrides Care": What Medical Professionals Can Do When Their Patient is in ICE Custody](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/hospitals-should-never-become-places) _2026-07-24 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ The National Immigration Law Center's Jennifer Ibañez Whitlock, Matthew Lopas, and Dr. Theresa Cheng on what hospitals and clinicians can do when immigration enforcement reaches the emergency room. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208262327/4bc6def577e28ab4a94e079b6c84ffc9.mp3) ## ["They are going to kill somebody." ACLU Research Finds ICE Too Broken to Be Fixed, Calls for New Agency to Replace It](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/they-are-going-to-kill-somebody-aclu) _2026-07-23 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ Watch now | Naureen Shah and Denise Bell discuss their new report documenting 1,200 immigration enforcement incidents across eight states: racial profiling, use of force, and the case to replace ICE. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208115283/f86733a7aeef4fcb5e74c8670c2235ec.mp3) ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4EHJqM9MZsCC) _2026-07-23 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [What Really Happens Inside Aurora's Detained Immigration Court? A Live Conversation with Dr. Rebecca Galemba and Students w/ the DU Court Transparency Project](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/what-really-happens-inside-auroras) _2026-07-22 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT — Professor Galemba and the DU Court Transparency Project observed 450 hearings at the Aurora ICE immigration court. Join us to discuss their findings. ## ["Agents of Chaos and Cruelty": A Conversation with the ACLU's Naureen Shah & Denise Bell about ICE's Reckless Attacks on American Communities](https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/agents-of-chaos-and-cruelty-a-conversation) _2026-07-21 · Austin Kocher · Austin Kocher_ EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Join me Wednesday at noon ET with Naureen Shah and Denise Bell of the ACLU, authors of a bold new report on 1,200+ immigration enforcement incidents across eight states.