August 3, 2026

Jamie Rowen, legal studies and political science, made appearances on the "Legal AF" podcast and WBAI NYC Public Radio discussing the US government's continued use of targeted strikes on boats in the Caribbean and new tactics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In her appearances, Rowen argues that slowing the cocaine trade "was never actually the goal" of US government attacks on boats and sheds light on ICE's use of civilian agency databases to target arrests.