New Orleans police say recruit detained by ICE had been verified through agency’s system
Larry Temah, 46, was detained after an immigration judge ordered removal for fraud in his residency application; he was hired and armed by NOPD despite lacking legal work authorization.
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Larry Temah, 46, a New Orleans Police Department recruit, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, and he remains in custody pending removal.
- DHS says the case stems from a 2022 denial of his residency application after an immigration judge ordered his removal in absentia for missing hearings.
- The NOPD says its E-Verify check and hiring packet showed no immigration flags before review after ICE notified them.
- DHS has publicly disagreed with NOPD's account, stating Temah remains in federal custody and his next steps are unclear .
- Records show Temah's NOPD application was marked 'yes' to work authorization, while WWL Louisiana records show divorce petitions and unclear fraud allegations, complicating the legal record.
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ICE detains New Orleans PD recruit: Illegal immigrant armed by department
Imagine a police department handing a firearm to someone who shouldn’t even be in the country—well, that’s exactly what happened in New Orleans. ICE recently arrested Larry Temah, a 46-year-old recruit with the New Orleans Police Department, identified as an illegal immigrant from Cameroon. According to an X post by FOX News reporter Bill Melugin, ICE confirmed Temah was under an active deportation order and lacked work authorization. Reports al…
New Orleans police recruit was one week from graduating, then ICE revealed something shocking about him
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a New Orleans Police Department recruit just one week before his graduation. Larry Temah, 46, from Cameroon, was taken into ICE custody on January 28 because of an active deportation order. The case has raised serious concerns because the NOPD had already given Temah an official department firearm. Federal law does not allow people who are in the country illegally to have firearms. This makes the NOPD…
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New Orleans police say recruit detained by ICE had been verified through agency's system
The New Orleans Police Department denies wrongdoing after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained one of its recruits.
ICE Catches Illegal Who Was Recruited by Police and Issued a Firearm.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a New Orleans Police Department recruit from Cameroon who was issued a firearm despite an being subject to an active deportation order.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Larry Temah, a 46-year-old recruit, ICE, and the New Orleans Police Department.WHEN & WHERE: Temah was arrested on January 28, just one week before his scheduled graduation from the New Orleans Police Academy.KEY …
ICE arrests police academy recruit days after NOPD issued the illegal a gun · American Wire News
An illegal alien from Cameroon was arrested just a week before he was scheduled to graduate from the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) academy. The arrest of 46-year-old illegal alien Larry Temah occurred on Jan. 28, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “Temah originally entered the United States legally in 2015 on a visitor visa,” DHS announced in a press release. “In 2016, he was granted conditional residency after marryi…
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