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Shops empty in a Hispanic neighborhood as immigration crackdown comes to Louisiana
Federal agents have arrested dozens in an operation targeting violent criminals, causing widespread closures and fear in Kenner's Hispanic business community, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Department of Homeland Security convoys began rumbling through Kenner as Carmela Diaz, owner of Taqueria La Conquistadora, locked her taco joint amid widespread Hispanic business closures.
- The crackdown, described as part of a push aiming for 5,000 arrests, builds on prior surges in Los Angeles, Chicago and Charlotte, North Carolina, with DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin reporting arrests despite no full detainee list released.
- Videos show federal agents detaining people outside Kenner businesses and at construction sites, while local bystanders and witnesses describe officers handcuffing individuals and leading them away at neighborhood locations.
- Nearly all Hispanic-owned businesses are shuttered, with Carmela Diaz making home deliveries after closing, while Sergio Perez warns relatives risk deportation and he may leave Kenner, Louisiana.
- Local jurisdictional ties to ICE programs complicate municipal responses as Kenner police are signed to agreements holding detainees, while Kenner city officials say they are not advising on the operation and Mayor Michael Glaser expects professional conduct.
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