>> CATHY: LONG BEFORE THIS CURRENT IMMIGRATION DRAGNET, WE'VE BEEN CHECKING IN WITH IMMIGRATION REPORTER KATELYN VUE FOR MONTHS NOW ON THAT ACTIVITY.

SHE IS PART OF THE TEAM COVERING THE STORY FOR THE "SAHAN JOURNAL."

WELCOME BACK, KATELYN.

CAN YOU GAUGE THE LEVEL.

DRAW DOWN AT THIS POINT?

IT IS OBVIOUS THAT I.C.E.

AND BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE LEAVING?

>> IT'S DEFINITELY HARD TO TRACK.

I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE SAYING THAT THEY'RE SEEING, IT'S SEEMINGLY TO SCALE BACK.

SO FEWER TRUCKS COMING OUT OF BISHOP, OUT OF THE BISHOP WHIPPLE BUILDING WHERE I.C.E.

'S OFFICES ARE, AND THERE'S MORE PEOPLE GETTING RELEASED OUT OF THE WHIPPLE BUILDING.

SO THOSE ARE SIGNS THAT THERE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, DRAWBACKS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, I THINK FOLKS ARE TRYING TO LOOK FOR MORE SIGNS.

>> Eric: YOU'VE BEEN ON THE STREET DOING THIS, AND I WONDER IF THERE'S ANY INDICATION THAT YOU'VE PICKED UP THAT ANYBODY'S GETTING PAID FOR DOING THIS, PROTESTING?

>> NO, I'M NOT GETTING ANY INDICATION PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID.

BUT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME TO DELIVER FOOD AND I DID A STORY ABOUT TOW TRUCKS THAT ARE HELPING WITH TOWING VEHICLES BACK TO FAMILIES.

SO, YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING OUT OF THEIR OWN TIME AND MONEY.

>> Cathy: BECAUSE OF COURSE A LOT OF THESE VEHICLES, THEY'VE BEEN STOPPED.

THE OCCUPANTS BEEN DRAGGED OUT OF THE VEHICLES, AND THEN THE VEHICLES HAVE JUST BEEN LEFT IN THE STREETS.

>> EXACTLY, AND THEY HAVE TO WORK QUICKLY TO TRY TO RETURN THOSE ARS, OR THEY'LL BE TAKEN BY THE CITY AND IN THE IMPOUND LOT, IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.

EVERY SINGLE DAY, THERE'S A CHARGE THEY HAVE TO PAY.

>> Cathy: I THINK YOU WERE PROBABLY AT THE CATHEDRAL HILL IN ST.

PAUL WITH THE CRASH THAT OCCURRED BY THE COFFEE SHOP ON SELBY AVENUE WITH AN I.C.E.

AGENT CHASING THAT CAR.

AND I'M WONDERING, CAN YOU GIVE US A LEVEL OF WHAT IT HAS BEEN LIKE TO COVER THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE?

YOU KNOW?

I MEAN, IT'S JUST BEEN KIND OF ALMOST UNREAL I WOULD THINK.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY BEEN MOMENTS WHERE IT'S UNBELIEVABLE, LIKE, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE -- WHEN OPERATION METRO SURGE STARTED IN DECEMBER, I DON'T THINK WE ALL HAD AN IDEA OF HOW THE LEVEL IT WAS GOING TO RISE TO, THE EXTREME SITUATIONS THAT WE WERE GOING TO SEE HAPPEN OUT OF OPERATION METRO SURGE.

BUT THEY HAPPENED.

AND I THINK THAT FOR ME ESPECIALLY AFTER THE KILLING OF RENEE, IT WAS A LOT OF PONDERING OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.

AND WE'VE SEEN THAT NOT ONLY ONE PERSON WAS KILLED BUT, YOU KNOW, TWO PEOPLE WERE.

>> Eric: WHAT'S BEEN YOUR OBSERVATION ABOUT THE MOOD AND THE ATTITUDE OF THE PROTESTS, JUST SORT OF A GENERAL SENSE?

>> EAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED AND TIRED OF SEEING THEIR NEIGHBORS HURT AND SCARED.

A LOT OF FOLKS ARE WANTING TO DO SOMETHING.

I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL SO PASSIONATE AND ACTIVATED TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING IN THIS MOMENT TO HELP OTHERS.

BUT I'VE ALSO SEEN FOLKS EXTREMELY SCARED TO JUST GO OUT AND DO THEIR DAILY LIVES.

SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS ARE TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST TO PITCH IN IN THAT EFFORT.

>> Cathy: HAVE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN HIDING.

>> YEAH, I'VE BEEN ABLE O TALK TO FOLKS THAT ARE IN HIDING.

I SPOKE WITH A FAMILY LAST FRIDAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A FAMILY OF THREE THAT WERE DETAINED, AND INSIDE THE WHIPPLE BUILDING, FOR AROUND SIX HOURS.

AND AFTERWARDS, THEY GAVE THE MOM AN ANKLE ONITOR.

SO, YOU NOW, I.C.E.

KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE.

AND THEY'RE JUST TRYING THEIR BEST, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE MOM HAD LOST HER JOB BECAUSE SHE WAS DETAINED.

SO SHE'S JUST TRYING HER BEST RIGHT NOW AS A SINGLE MOTHER.

>> Cathy: SO A PERSONAL QUESTION.

AND I'M NOT GOOD AT THIS AS A JOURNALIST, BUT OUR WORK REQUIRES US TO SOMETIMES -- YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO PLOW FORWARD AND DO THE STORY.

HOW ARE YOU TAKING CARE F YOURSELF?

>> YEAH.

WELL, I'VE DEFINITELY LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO BALANCE, YOU KNOW, THE BREAKING NEWS AND TRYING MY BEST TO TELL THE STORIES OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH AS HONESTLY AND AS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO INCLUDE AS MUCH AS I CAN, BECAUSE THE CHANCE I GET TO TALK TO FOLKS WHO ARE SCARED IS A REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY.

SO TRYING TO BALANCE THAT WITH MANAGING HOW MUCH TIME I'M WORKING AND FIGURING OUT WHAT I NEED IN THAT MOMENT, YOU KNOW, REMEMBERING TO, YOU KNOW, EAT AND SLEEP AND DO THOSE THINGS AND TRY TO BE A NORMAL ERSON.

BUT, YEAH, IT'S DRCHLTLY -- I'VE HAD DAYS WHERE IT'S HARD TO GO TO SLEEP, YOU KNOW?

>> Eric: APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING US UP TO DATE ON GOING ON.

>> YEAH, FOR