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What We Know – and Don’t Know – About the Immigration Crackdown Expected in New Orleans This Week | News Channel 3-12
The operation, named "Swamp Sweep," involves 250 federal border agents targeting immigration enforcement in southeast Louisiana and Mississippi, expected to last for several months.
- Around 250 Department of Homeland Security agents are expected to launch a monthslong operation called `Swamp Sweep` in southeast Louisiana and Mississippi starting December 1, two sources said.
- Following recent deployments in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Chicago-area, Gregory Bovino, top Border Patrol official, cites President Donald Trump, Kristi Noem, DHS Secretary, and intelligence to select target cities and led Border Patrol's New Orleans Sector.
- Local officials say limited briefings are spiking fear across immigrant communities in New Orleans, while organizers distribute whistles, host trainings, and small businesses cut hours as immigrant workers stay away.
- Previous enforcement sweeps resulted in more than 3,000 migrants arrested during Operation Midway Blitz, over 370 arrests in Operation Charlotte's Web, and federal agents shooting several people with one fatality.
- Although immigrants make up roughly 6.5% of New Orleans, they are vital to the service and construction industries, with Jeff Landry, Louisiana governor, urging stronger immigration enforcement.
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While agents of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are expected to enter New Orleans this week, the last Democratic-led city to have been targeted by a federal immigration control offensive, a U.S.-led...
What we know – and don’t know – about the immigration crackdown expected in New Orleans this week
As Department of Homeland Security agents are expected to surge into New Orleans this week, the latest Democrat-led city targeted by a federal immigration enforcement crackdown, a common thread has emerged among local officials: They’re being kept in the dark – and it’s spiking fear among the immigrant community.
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