The Americans caught in ICE’s web of surveillance

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The Americans caught in ICE’s web of surveillance

By Meg Anderson, Kat Lonsdorf

Sunday, April 5, 2026 β€’ 3:00 AM EDT

Since taking office last year, the Trump administration has pushed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ramp up deportations. This increase in enforcement operations has meant that American citizens and lawful residents have increasingly been entangled in ICE's activities. Today on The Sunday Story, we talk to NPR's Kat Lonsdorf and Meg Anderson about the growing trend of Americans getting caught up in ICE's growing web of tracking and surveillance.


This episode was produced by Andrew Mambo and edited by Liana Simstrom. It was engineered by Robert Rodriguez.Β 

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