California provided the plan for national immigration actions

Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino has emerged as one of the central figures in the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. Now, CalMatters has teamed up with Latino USA to tell the story of Bovino and the aggressive immigration crackdowns he’s led in California and beyond.

Sergio Olmos of CalMatters and Latin USAMaria Hinojosa and Fernanda Echavarri lead listeners as they document attacks from Bakersfield to Los Angeles to Chicago. Listeners will also hear the story of Mauricio Oropeza, who was arrested on his bus ride home from work the first weekend of the Los Angeles attacks and later deported. Reporters tracked down Oropeza in Mexico and visited his mother, who is still in Los Angeles.

We also spoke to elected leaders — including Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass — about their efforts to oppose the full force of the U.S. government.

So is the show available in Spanish.

This episode builds on the previous one documentary film cooperation with Evident Media.

See more of our reporting from Olmos and reporter Wendy Fry on the immigration action: