Deported by Design: How ICE Raids and License Revocations Are Reshaping the Central Valley

In this episode of Flor Unmuted, immigration attorney Raj Singh breaks down what immigration enforcement actually looks like under the Trump administration in 2025 — from ICE street pickups in Bakersfield to people being quietly transferred to detention centers in Texas and Louisiana.

We talk about disappearing due process, fired immigration judges, blocked bond hearings, and why attorneys are suddenly limited in how they can represent their clients. Raj explains how people detained in California end up in the Fifth Circuit, where the laws are harsher and the chances of winning a case drop dramatically.

We also bring the conversation home to the Central Valley: 17,000 commercial trucking licenses revoked, immigrant drivers sidelined, and local trucking companies — many in communities that voted for Trump — now facing financial collaps ...