ICE in New Orleans – Cleaning Up After City’s “Sanctuary Jail” Policies
ICE raids in New Orleans, photo courtesy of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. U.S. immigration authorities have launched a major enforcement operation in New Orleans, known as “Catahoula Crunch,” after the Department of Homeland Security said “criminal illegal aliens are roaming free” because local sanctuary policies prevent the honoring of ICE detainer requests. DHS is deploying roughly 250 Border Patrol agents with an internal goal