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It's been a really intense experience to be living here and then also reporting here.

That is Meg Anderson, a correspondent for NPR's National Desk based in Minneapolis, where for two months, the Trump administration's sweeping immigration campaign has resulted in violent, sometimes deadly confrontations between community members and federal immigration agents.

For Meg, life looks normal in Minneapolis until it doesn't.

Last night, I went to a friend's house.

This blend of the normal with the not so normal has been difficult for her.

And then there was the time she was tear gassed while covering a protest.

Consider this.

When a national reporter is covering a story they're also living through, the job changes.

Coming up, Meg Anderson on reporting on the surge of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, the city she calls home.

From NPR, I'm Emily Kwong.