US EditionMinority Community Share Biggest Concerns with Catahoula Crunch
Operation Catahoula Crunch targeted individuals with serious criminal records, including convictions for murder and sexual crimes, as part of DHS and ICE enforcement efforts.
- DHS launched `Operation Catahoula Crunch` earlier this week in New Orleans, aiming for 5,000 arrests over two months and detaining dozens in the Greater New Orleans area.
- Border Patrol framed the effort as targeting the `worst of the worst`, citing arrests of people with `murder, kidnapping, child abuse and robbery` and DHS highlighted its network of over 1,000 agreements with local law enforcement in 40 states.
- At multiple scenes, video showed agents extracting roofers from a job and detaining people at a Burlington store in Kenner, a home in Gretna, a Home Depot in LaPlace and a Lowe’s in New Orleans with audible jet noise nearby.
- Local residents said the operation has caused fear and family separations as streets and businesses emptied in neighborhoods with high Hispanic and Vietnamese populations in Greater New Orleans.
- The ICE office in New Orleans moved from the Central Business District to St. Rose, while Border Patrol maintains offices on Canal Street and at Lakefront airports, with processing centers in Basile and Jena and Angola’s Camp 57 available for detainees.
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DHS agents target the Vietnamese community in New Orleans
A DHS immigration enforcement operation dubbed "Operation Catahoula Crunch" began earlier this week in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a goal of 5,000 arrests over two months.Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, who is leading the operation, arrived in the city earlier in the week.CBP has posted videos on social media showing arrests. One video shows agents pulling roofers from a job in Kenner, Louisiana, west of New Orleans.This focus on New Or…
DHS arrests dozens of illegal immigrants within 24 hours of launching New Orleans operation
DHS arrests dozens of illegal immigrants within 24 hours of launching New Orleans operation | 4 Dec 2025 | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Thursday that it had made dozens of arrests in New Orleans just one day after launching Operation Catahoula Crunch, the latest federal immigration operation cracking down on criminal illegal immigrants. “Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal aliens harmi…
NEW ORLEANS- U.S. government officials who oversee the immigration operation launched this week in New Orleans aim to make 5,000 arrests, focusing on violent criminals, a goal that some city officials consider unrealistic.It is an ambitious goal that would exceed the number of arrests made during an operation recently in Chicago, a region with a much larger immigrant population than New Orleans.
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