A sign marks the entrance to a series of hardened tents at the Camp East Montana immigrant detention center in the desert at a U.S. Army base on the outskirts of El Paso, Texas, Feb. 13, 2026. Morgan Lee/AP hide caption
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A federal immigration agent uses facial recognition software to confirm an asylum seeker's identity prior to an immigration hearing on July 30, 2025, in New York. In addition, DHS is expanding its use of iris scanners to help quickly identify undocumented immigrants. Olga Fedorova/AP hide caption
ICE is spending millions of dollars on iris scanners, expanding its arsenal of tools
A federal officer stands in a hallway at New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court inside the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building in New York in October 2025. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An information packet and an American flag are placed on a chair at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office on Aug. 17, 2018, in Miami. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks during a rally and prayer vigil for him before he enters a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office on August 25, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
Marena Guzman, 2022 Ph.D. graduate in molecular biosciences, recently moved back in with her parents to renew her DACA out of concern it could lapse. Ash Ponders for NPR hide caption
Tania Fischer and Carissa Coudray, volunteers with the mutual aid group Juntos Podemos, carry boxes of food into A & A Barber Studio in Minneapolis, Minn., on April 24. Juntos Podemos continues to distribute food and other donations to families as they recover from Operation Metro Surge. Tim Evans for NPR hide caption
Some Minneapolis donors have moved on. The immigrants waiting for help haven't
An ICE officer monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023 in New York City. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stand near a gate at Delaney Hall, an immigrant detention center in Newark, N.J., in May 2025. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
White House border czar Tom Homan speaks to the press at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Antonio, Joshua, and Caleb Gámez-Cuéllar stand in front of Gruene Hall ahead of their performance as an opening act for country singer Kacey Musgraves in New Braunfels, Texas on May 4, 2026. The three brothers were recently detained by ICE along with their parents and held for 13 days at the detention center in Dilley, Texas. Brenda Bazán for NPR hide caption
From ICE detention to the stage: The Texas mariachi brothers open for Kacey Musgraves
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference in front of posters of people that law enforcement arrested, held at the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations office on May 1, 2025 in Miramar, Fla. Florida has issued its own financial incentives to encourage more local police cooperation with ICE. Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America hide caption
ICE is giving local police big money to help with immigration enforcement
Miguel Hernandez reads an order slip at El Tejaban Mexican Grill, the family-run restaurant that he has owned with his wife, Rosa Zambrano, for nearly two decades in Richfield, Minn. The couple fears they will need to close their restaurant when their current lease ends, as the business suffered dramatic revenue losses during Operation Metro Surge and has struggled to recover in the months since. Tim Evans for NPR hide caption
Minneapolis grapples with the impact of Trump's largest immigration crackdown yet
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 07: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building as seen on January 07, 2026 in Washington, DC. Heather Diehl/Getty Images hide caption
Trump immigration application pause throws lives in limbo
The U.S. Supreme Court Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court appears to lean toward ending TPS for some migrants
The Supreme Court Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
SCOTUS weighs Trump's effort to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, Syrians
Police take a man into custody as community members and activists confront federal law enforcement agents for reportedly shooting a woman in the Brighton Park neighborhood on October 04, 2025 in Broadview, Illinois during Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago area. The operation was designed to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants living in the area. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Can Illinois hold the feds accountable for immigration crackdown?
The U.S. travel ban against 39 countries has thrown thousands of people into legal limbo, as the Trump administration has paused reviewing visa, green card, work permit, and citizenship applications. Nicole Xu for NPR hide caption
Stuck in limbo: millions of professionals risk losing legal status under Trump pause
The ICE South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, is seen, Aug. 23, 2019. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
The order in the case involving Catalina "Xóchitl" Santiago came from the Board of Immigration Appeals, an administrative court within the Justice Department. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Trump speaks during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House on Thursday in Washington. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Zoila Guerra Sandoval, mother of the child of José Mynor López, one of the workers killed in the 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, stands above downtown Baltimore in the office of Eldridge Crandell Law Firm, in Baltimore, on April 22, 2026. Wesley Lapointe for NPR hide caption
A child lost her dad in the Key Bridge collapse. Now, DHS wants to deport her mother
Distraught girls cling to their father, Luis, as ICE detains him following an immigration hearing in New York City on Aug. 26, 2025. Luis was his family's sole breadwinner. Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press, iWitness for Miami Herald hide caption
A drawing by a child currently in ICE detention. hide caption