I\u2019m not an immigration policy expert, nor do I pretend to be one, and I won\u2019t even begin to try to debate the complexities of such a difficult and deeply nuanced issue. Nor probably should Dr. Phil, a clinical psychologist who became television famous after Oprah Winfrey plucked him from obscurity and gave him his own show in the early 2000s. Yet over the last year, Dr. Phil has aligned himself with the Trump Administration and has gone out in the field with ICE agents as they\u2019ve conducted raids across the country \u2014 with a camera crew of course in tow.<\/p>\n
On this week\u2019s episode of HBO\u2019s Real Time with Bill Maher, Dr. Phil appeared as a panelist and was asked a pretty matter of fact question: \u201cWhy are you going on these ICE raids? You\u2019re a guy who we know for so many years who has been working to put families together, to bring families who are apart and heal them. And now you\u2019re going on raids with people who are literally separating families.\u201d<\/p>\n
Seemingly taken aback, Dr. Phil called Maher\u2019s comments \u201cbullshit\u201d and immediately gravitated to talking points about how ICE agents are being doxxed by Democratic politicians. He then claimed that he\u2019s seen the files of the immigrants who\u2019ve been arrested on during these raids, adding that, \u201cThey\u2019ve got a rap sheet, 12, 14 different cases long of child predators that they\u2019re taking off the street.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cNobody, nobody wants that,\u201d Maher responded. \u201cWe all didn\u2019t want violent criminals and gangs. But that pivoted to going to Home Depot\u2026 the ones standing in front of a Home Depot just looking for an honest day\u2019s work\u2026 those are the good people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Phil didn\u2019t really have a response.<\/p>\n
Bill Maher humiliating Dr. Phil: “Why are you going on these ICE raids? You’re a guy who we know for so many years who has been working to put families together, to bring families who are apart and heal them. And now you’re going on raids with people who are literally separating\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/RXwBuBDqcb<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) August 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Dr. Phil: “The ICE raids I’ve been on, I’ve seen the files. They’ve got a rap sheet, 12, 14 different cases long of child predators that they’re taking off the street.”<\/p>\n Bill Maher: Nobody, nobody wants that. We all didn’t want violent criminals and gangs. But that pivoted to\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/VgytQWe7zc<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) August 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Stephen A Smith looks like he wants to kill Dr Phil pic.twitter.com\/cCLR5gIaYt<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Noble Prize in Sarcasm (@rewegreatyet) August 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n