ICE Targets New Orleans in Latest "Swamp Sweep" Operation
December 12, 2025
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1:04Now PlayingICE Targets New Orleans in Latest "Swamp Sweep" Operation
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as posted by the channelThe Department of Homeland Security officially launched what it’s calling “Operation Catahoula Crunch” in New Orleans last week. The wider operation is called “Swamp Sweep.” Federal immigration officers, in coordination with local law enforcement, are aiming to arrest 5,000 people.
New Orleans Mayor-elect Helena Moreno, a Democrat who was born in Mexico, has been critical of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s impending presence in the city. “You have parents who are scared to send their children to school,” Moreno told the local CNN affiliate WWL. “At my church,” she said, “there is a one o’clock service, Spanish-speaking service every Sunday, that keeps getting smaller and smaller. People are really, really scared.”
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