Next Target For Immigration Raids? New Orleans

By William Teach November 22, 2025 – 6:45 am

Looks like it’s going to be a hot time in the Big Easy. There is no real count, but, as of 2019 there were around 52,00 legal immigrants, refugees, and illegal aliens
New Orleans is the next target of Trump immigration crackdown, sources say
President Donald Trump’s administration intends to focus on New Orleans in the next stage of its city-to-city immigration crackdown, one current and two former U.S. immigration officials said on Friday, confirming plans reported earlier this month.
U.S. Border Patrol agents could arrive in the Southern city as soon as Saturday, and the operation could run into January, the current official said, requesting anonymity to discuss plans.
Operations were expected to decrease over the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and Christmas, the official said.
New Orleans, with a population of around 384,000, would be the latest city with a Democratic mayor targeted in Trump’s mass deportation push. Since the summer, federal immigration officials have surged to Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C., sparking criticism over aggressive tactics and arrests of non-criminals.
The deployment in New Orleans would follow an operation in Charlotte, North Carolina, led by U.S. Border Patrol’s roving commander Gregory Bovino. Local officials said on Thursday that operation had concluded while the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it would continue.
I wonder if at this point DHS is running these operations on a hit and run basis, trying to freak out illegals and getting them to hopefully leave. The operation in Charlotte was pretty quick and I have a feeling it will wrap up in the Raleigh/Durham area rather quick. Though, it has seriously crashed traffic. Was easy getting to work Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings, and traffic was very light on the way home. And they do not seem to be going as hardcore in Chicago anymore. And, as far as Chicago goes
Appeals Court Blocks Release of Hundreds of Chicago-Area Immigration Detainees
A federal appeals court temporarily blocked a judge’s order on Thursday that had called for the release of hundreds of people arrested by immigration agents in the Chicago area.
The administrative stay issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which the Trump administration requested, halts the release of those detainees while the government’s appeal moves forward. Appellate judges are scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case on Dec. 2.
It’s really insane that the leftist judges find excuses to release people who have broken federal law. The minute they are released they will disappear.

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