New Orleans, ICE and immigration crackdown
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Leaders in New Orleans oppose his tactics, but the Republican governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, welcomes them. Rounded-up migrants could be detained in "Angola", the Louisiana State Penitentiary and the US's largest maximum security prison. Its name is linked to the former slave plantation which was located where the prison now stands.
It's an ambitious goal that would surpass the number of arrests during a two-month enforcement blitz this fall around Chicago, a region with a much bigger immigrant population than New Orleans.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was ordered in October to pay the legal fees for Anne Breaud after the Louisiana Supreme Court chose not to take up her appeal regarding the stalking case.
The first day of long-feared federal immigration raids across Greater New Orleans exposes the Big Lie of mass deportation.
Back in June, aware of the simmering fear the national immigration crackdown was causing, he started a group called N’awlins Hungry Gringos to rally wider support for local Hispanic restaurants. It's a goofy name, matched by a lighthearted logo. But the intent is serious and heartfelt.
Federal officers are in the city for an operation aimed at enforcing the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Support + Feed, the non-profit organization founded by musician Billie Eilish's mother, Maggie Baird, is now expanding its efforts in New Orleans.
You'd never know this hidden New Orleans wine bar and wine shop was there, and these events are a good chance to check it out.
The arrival of federal law enforcement in New Orleans this week further strains a city on the verge of welcoming a new leader — and sets up the latest clash between local Democrats and Republican officials over President Donald Trump’s wide-reaching immigration enforcement agenda.
The New Orleans Pelicans have struggled to keep Zion Williamson healthy. They just received more bad news regarding him.