Kat Lonsdorf

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools — purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration — to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies.

The Department of Homeland Security has spun a massive surveillance web under the Trump administration. NPR collected dozens of firsthand accounts to understand how those tools are being used.

As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced and common, it's hard to know what's real or not, complicating the search for Nancy Guthrie, according to law enforcement. But just how difficult is it?

The FBI says AI is complicating the idea of a proof of life message in the search for Savannah Guthrie's mom. Experts say AI needs just a few short clips of a person to render a convincing fake.

A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, other countries.

A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends detainees to other states and, eventually, other countries.

A federal judge in Minnesota has ruled the Trump administration can continue its immigration enforcement surge. That's as a different judge ruled a 5-year-old boy be released from detention.

For two weeks, Minneapolis has seen protests and clashes between demonstrators and federal immigration agents, as the administration continues its aggressive campaign to arrest undocumented immigrants.

South Minneapolis has been at the center of multiple tragedies, from the murder of George Floyd to the killing of Renee Macklin Good. Locals say the events have brought them closer and helped them organize.

Brass Solidarity is a Minneapolis community band that was formed after George Floyd was killed. Now, they're playing at protests against ICE, in an effort to bring joy and break potential tension.