EDITORIAL: Human cost of “Swamp Sweep”

Are They Illegal? Because If They’re Illegal, That’s Why They’re Getting Arrested – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

As many of our readers know, the month of December has brought on Operation Swamp Sweep, which is a joint effort by several federal agencies to clear as many illegal aliens, and in particular criminal illegal aliens (before you offer up all your semantic objections, we’re using “criminal illegal aliens” to refer to people who not only broke the law to get here but also committed crimes while here or had criminal records back home), out of southe…

EDITORIAL: Human cost of “Swamp Sweep”

Louisiana has become the latest stage for an aggressive national immigration crackdown, and its consequences are landing squarely in our neighborhoods, classrooms, and student communities. In the past two weeks, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has escalated raids across the state, part of what federal officials call “Operation Swamp Sweep.” But for those living through it, these sweeps aren’t policy initiatives; they’re fear campaigns. That …