I’m not an immigration coverage professional, nor do I faux to be one, and I received’t even start to attempt to debate the complexities of such a troublesome and deeply nuanced concern. Nor in all probability ought to Dr. Phil, a scientific psychologist who turned tv well-known after Oprah Winfrey plucked him from obscurity and gave him his personal present within the early 2000s. But during the last 12 months, Dr. Phil has aligned himself with the Trump Administration and has gone out within the area with ICE brokers as they’ve carried out raids throughout the nation — with a digital camera crew after all in tow.
On this week’s episode of HBO’s Actual Time with Invoice Maher, Dr. Phil appeared as a panelist and was requested a fairly matter of reality query: “Why are you happening these ICE raids? You’re a man who we all know for therefore a few years who has been working to place households collectively, to deliver households who’re aside and heal them. And now you’re happening raids with people who find themselves actually separating households.”
Seemingly shocked, Dr. Phil known as Maher’s feedback “bullshit” and instantly gravitated to speaking factors about how ICE brokers are being doxxed by Democratic politicians. He then claimed that he’s seen the recordsdata of the immigrants who’ve been arrested on throughout these raids, including that, “They’ve received a rap sheet, 12, 14 completely different instances lengthy of kid predators that they’re taking off the road.”
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“No one, no one desires that,” Maher responded. “All of us didn’t need violent criminals and gangs. However that pivoted to going to House Depot… those standing in entrance of a House Depot simply on the lookout for an sincere day’s work… these are the nice folks.”
Dr. Phil didn’t actually have a response.
Invoice Maher humiliating Dr. Phil: “Why are you happening these ICE raids? You are a man who we all know for therefore a few years who has been working to place households collectively, to deliver households who’re aside and heal them. And now you are happening raids with people who find themselves actually separating… pic.twitter.com/RXwBuBDqcb
— Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) August 9, 2025
Dr. Phil: “The ICE raids I have been on, I’ve seen the recordsdata. They have a rap sheet, 12, 14 completely different instances lengthy of kid predators that they are taking off the road.”
Invoice Maher: No one, no one desires that. All of us did not need violent criminals and gangs. However that pivoted to… pic.twitter.com/VgytQWe7zc
— Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) August 9, 2025
Stephen A Smith appears like he desires to kill Dr Phil pic.twitter.com/cCLR5gIaYt
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