I'm Aisha Roscoe, and you 're listening to The Sunday Story from Up First,
where we go beyond the news of the day to bring you one big story.
Since President Trump took office last year,
the number of immigration and customs enforcement officers has more than doubled,
according to the Department of Homeland Security in January.
Funding for ICE has skyrocketed.
All of these new resources have been used to expand law enforcement activities
targeting undocumented people across the country.
But lawful residents and American citizens are also increasingly getting caught up in these operations.
One of those people is Ben, a Minneapolis resident who asked that we only use his first name
because he worries the federal government will retaliate against him.
Back in late January, Ben was observing ICE operations around the city,
something he had been doing for weeks at that point.
Ben was on his way home when he received a message that immigration agents had been spotted nearby.
Ben and his wife Gabby decided to head to the location.
There were a lot of observers around.
People were coming out of their houses.
I got out of the car because I was like, you know, got to go film.
When Ben and Gabby arrived, Ben stood at the side of the road and filmed the officers
who had already gotten back inside their car.