Crooked Media's What A Day Podcast: The Terrifying Truth About Who Wants to Work for ICE

About This Project

Summary

Jane Coaston sounds the alarm on the funding surge for ICE which makes it one of the highest funded federal law enforcement agencies in the world. She speaks with expert Garrett Graff on what is becoming a major human rights issue based on already problematic practices conducted by the agency including going after immigrants with no criminal convictions. They flag the increase in enforced disappearances, the lack of due process and civil protections under this increasingly authoritarian regime.

Goals & Objectives

What A Day reports daily on trending political stories and analyzes how these stories shape our world. In this episode, Jane brings on an expert to analyze increased funding for ICE and effectively raise awareness on how it is leading to a major human rights issue in the United States.

Results & Impact

The importance and effectiveness of this episode was underlined by over 253,000 downloads and views - What A Day’s second biggest vodcast ever, on track to be highest performing video on the YouTube channel. It led to over 4,000 new YouTube channel subscribers and a flood of positive comments.