"A major immigration crackdown is underway in New Orleans and the surrounding areas of Louisiana, dubbed "Operation Catahoula Crunch" by the Trump administration. According to planning documents, 250 federal agents will aim to make 5,000 arrests over two months. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the operation will target "the worst of the worst," though the number of arrests being planned suggests that authorities will conduct broad sweeps including those who have no criminal records, as has happened in other immigration crackdowns."
""They're going to target whoever they can, and as the Supreme Court has unfortunately authorized them, they're using racial profiling as part of that approach," says Homero López, legal director for the New Orleans-based organization Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy, or ISLA. "What they're doing is they're taking folks out of our community: our neighbors, our friends, our family members.""
Operation Catahoula Crunch mobilizes over 250 federal immigration agents in New Orleans and surrounding Louisiana, with planning documents aiming for about 5,000 arrests over two months. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem frames targets as "the worst of the worst," but local officials question the number of violent offenders available. Legal advocates warn that the operation will include broad sweeps and racial profiling as authorized by the Supreme Court, potentially removing neighbors, friends, and family members. City officials report detentions of mothers, teenagers, and workers during routine checks. The operation follows patterns from past crackdowns that included individuals with no criminal records.
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