Trent and Caitlin catch up with employment litigator Joshua Erlich about the difficulties of holding immigration and border patrol agents to account when they break the law. What happens when you can't be sure which individual attacked you? How can their actions be restricted, and what should Democrats do given their level of power in the government right now?

Resources

Joshua's bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/joshuaerlich.bsky.social

Legal help for federal employees in the DMV: https://mwela.org/

Legal help for federal employees nationally: https://NELA.org/

Joshua's office: https://www.erlichlawoffice.com/lawyers/joshua-erlich/

Federal forces keep shooting people: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/26/ice-minneapolis-shooting-alex-pretti

Dems coalescing around five restrictions on ICE: https://newrepublic.com/article/205723/dem-senator-harsh-new-takedown-trump-hits-home-breaking-point

Suozzi is sorry https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/democrats-ice-funding-vote-dhs.html