Maria Hinojosa on ICE's media machine and the voices going quiet

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Maria Hinojosa on ICE's media machine and the voices going quiet

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Published on Mar 5, 2026, 4:58:45 PM
Total time: 00:40:12

Episode Description

The federal government is producing viral content out of immigration raids while subpoenaing ordinary people who criticize ICE online. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa — host of Latino USA and founder of Futuro Media — joins Robyn Vincent to break down the information war, what it took to get inside an ICE detention facility to interview activist Jeanette Vizguerra, and what it means when silence becomes the rational choice. 

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