New Orleans, Louisiana, is expected [1] to be the next focus of the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration enforcement strategy, according to a report from Reuters citing officials familiar with the planning.
The operation is part of a city-to-city approach that began earlier this year and has expanded across several Democratic-led municipalities.
Border Patrol agents could appear in New Orleans any day, with operations scheduled to continue through January.
President Donald Trump will deploy 250 federal troops to New Orleans next week as part of a large-scale immigration crackdown targeting undocumented immigrants across Louisiana and Mississippi, federal officials have confirmed. pic.twitter.com/YhPMHIdlNV [2]
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Officials said the activity will scale down during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
The administration has focused enforcement resources on jurisdictions that have adopted sanctuary-style policies or limited cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Beginning in the summer, the strategy increased operations in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Portland, and other cities.
In recent weeks, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been the primary location for the intensified enforcement actions.
Reports earlier in November indicated that Border Patrol agents were preparing to move into Charlotte.
As border patrol wraps up immigration enforcement efforts in Charlotte- New Orleans is next up on their target list. We spoke to the police chief of Kenner, a suburb in New Orleans, and he is taking a much different approach and welcoming federal partners. pic.twitter.com/OxPC1nGOoi [4]
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In New Orleans, Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said she met with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials ahead of the planned operation. She stated that while the New Orleans Police Department will work to maintain public safety, it will not participate in making immigration-related arrests.
“Our support is to make sure they are not going to get hurt and that our community is not in danger,” Kirkpatrick said, according to Spectrum News.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has increased pressure on New Orleans to cooperate more closely with federal immigration enforcement.
The city’s police department was recently released from a consent decree that had restricted participation in immigration operations and placed limitations on departmental involvement in federal enforcement efforts.
The upcoming activity in New Orleans will be directed by Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino.