The Melting Pod

The Melting Pod brings you stories of our dysfunctional immigration system, and where we go from here. Hosted by three friends who’ve served inside the federal government for two decades and four presidents of both parties, The Melting Pod will give you a deeper understanding of the immigration headlines, without jargon or shallow punditry. Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty will also bring you extraordinary people with extraordinary stories to tell – about how we got here and where we're going.

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The Melting Pod

Episodes (8)

Tuesday The Truth About ICE, with Jason Houser
Mar 17th Who’s Afraid of the H-1B?
Mar 9th DACA and the Dreamer Movement, with Felicia Escobar Carrillo

The Melting Pod

May 26, 2026
1 hours
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From calls to abolish ICE to deeply held misconceptions about immigration and criminality, few agencies generate more heat and less light than Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In this episode, we dig into the reality of how ICE actually operates, including the fact that the vast majority of people ICE arrests have no criminal record. Jason Houser served as ICE Chief of Staff and is an Intelligence Officer in the Navy Reserve. He joins us to sort out truth from fiction: Why is the Trump administration redirecting criminal law enforcement agents to civil deportation work? Is that akin...

The Melting Pod

The Truth About ICE, with Jason Houser

The Melting Pod

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