Dr. Phil was embedded with ICE during controversial Los Angeles immigration raids

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Business

Published 9:41 AM EDT, Mon June 9, 2025


CNN — As federal agents prepared to fan out in Los Angeles for a controversial immigration crackdown, the officers were greeted by a familiar face: Dr. Phil McGraw. The television personality and his camera crew were embedded with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement when some of the raids took place on Friday.

The footage is being incorporated into a special report on “Dr. Phil Primetime,” a program on McGraw’s conservative TV channel Merit TV, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN.

McGraw’s presence on the ground in L.A. reinforces the made-for-TV nature of Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The former daytime talk show host was also embedded with ICE officials in Chicago back in January, when some federal agents were told to be camera-ready for a show of force at the very start of President Trump’s second term.

McGraw was on hand Friday “to get a first-hand look at the targeted operations,” according to his channel. He also chatted with Trump’s border czar Tom Homan and taped a promotional interview with Homan. The Friday raids resulted in the detainment of dozens of people, sparking protests and violent reactions. On Saturday, reacting in part to the television pictures of the chaos, Trump authorized the deployment of the National Guard.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/media/dr-phil-mcgraw-ice-immigration-raids-los-angeles

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More "reality show" nonsense. Stage a "riot", put someone "on scene" to film it, and then create an "exciting program" to broadcast "for ratings" with the intent of raking in more $$$$.

[Prairie Gates]

1. He's such a disgusting pig

[ananda]

6. Yes, using people the way he does.

He's turning both his presidency and the government
into a reality tv show... with people's lives at risk.

I guess it's for Magats, who probably love seeing
the people they hate turned into "insurrectionists,"
which I suppose lets them off the hook for J6.

I wonder how the rest of the world views this.

[PittBlue]

2. Thanks, Oprah.

Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz.🙄

[travelingthrulife]

7. Really. And not a dime from her to fight disinformation.

[Initech]

13. Also, Oprah helped promote the wellness industry and anti-vaxxer BS.

I will *NEVER* forgive her for that.

[sdfernando]

19. If not for Oprah these two would be relatively unknown.

Where is she? Where is her forceful admonition of these charlatans? Where is her contrite apology for foisting these two nut-jobs on us?

Oprah is MIA....I guess living comfortably with her millions (billions?) in one of mansions, insulated from all of this chaos.

[Wingus Dingus]

3. If they really believed the protestors were violent, that clown wouldn't have been there.

They made it violent after he left.

[mwmisses4289]

4. He's still around?🫤😯🤔

Thought he had faded into obscurity a long time ago. Is he even a real doc?

[FalloutShelter]

5. W.T.A.F ?!

[PatSeg]

8. Dr. Phil has always been a total sleaze

That creep makes my skin crawl. I guess I'm not surprised he'd stoop so low.

[turbinetree]

9. So this guy basically is encouraging violence........your know there are laws against that............arrest his ass...

and does he work for ICE...............pound sand ...............

[hamsterjill]

10. Federal agents obviously didn't mind him being there.

THAT's the problem. They should have insisted that he be removed. I guess they are ALL just MAGA's and proud of it.

[Bayard]

16. They should just shoot him like they did the foreign reporters....

[hamsterjill]

18. It's absurd that he was there.

We crossed the threshold into absurdity a long while ago, but even so, his being there is ridiculous.

[Initech]

11. We really do live in the worst fucking timeline right now.

[get the red out]

12. Sick SOB

He loves the money, meanness and chaos generate for him. He is a sociopath.

[MIButterfly]

14. I could never stand so-called "Dr." Phil.

I completely lost respect for Oprah over her unleashing him and Dr. Oz on us, not to mention her dubbing Ghouliani "America's mayor."

My cable company has Merit TV channel on it. Never watched it; never will.

[Midnight Writer]

15. Does Dr Phil sport a chubby when he watches the gazpacho brutalize defenseless working families?

Do they give him his own truncheon to use? Does he get a rise out of this?

[Hekate]

17. Dr. Phil has officially become cheap parody