Give a Little Whistle | This American Life | Episode 882

Two lawyers who work for ICE step forward and lift the curtain on what is really happening inside our immigration system right now. 00:00 Prologue: Two lawyers dive into the details of what they’ve witnessed behind the scenes in different parts of the immigration system. (2 minutes) 01:00 Act One: Former ICE attorney Ryan Schwank explains the chaos and dysfunction he observed at an ICE training academy, which led him to whistleblow to Congress two weeks ago. (12 minutes) 31:32 Act Two: A federal judge orders the government to immediately release a bunch of people from detention. Days pass, and the government doesn’t comply. So the judge calls a hearing to figure out what’s going on. The lawyer's response is not what he or anybody expected. (25 minutes) Subscribe to support the show, get bonus content, and access to our greatest hits archive: https://bit.ly/3QANCX4 Episode transcript: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/882/...