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U.S. Border Patrol agents arrive at a Home Depot in Kenner, La., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025.
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Feds announce launch of immigration operation in New Orleans
Charles Maldonado (Verite News)
The Department of Homeland Security has dubbed the operation “Catahoula Crunch.”
FILE - Members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol the grounds of the Washington Monument at the National Mall, Sept. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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Trump says National Guard will be sent to New Orleans
Sara Cline (The Associated Press)
In this file photo, students change classes at a school in New Orleans.
Aubri Juhasz
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Education
Q&A: How are New Orleans area schools preparing for possible immigration raids?
Aubri Juhasz
Demonstrators gather in Lafayette Square in New Orleans on Monday, December 1, 2025, to protest the expected deployment of about 250 Border Patrol agents to the city as part of “Operation Swamp Sweep.”
Drew Hawkins
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Immigration
'No ICE, no fear': Dozens protest in New Orleans ahead of Louisiana immigration sweep
Drew Hawkins
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  1. Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies
  2. How Minnesota became a hub for Somali immigrants in the U.S.
  3. NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels to talk about the Russian threat
  4. Federal agents launch immigration sweep across New Orleans metro area
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  1. UNO player banned by NCAA for role in sports betting scheme acknowledges he point-shaved
  2. Scott Woodward out as LSU athletic director following Gov. Landry's criticism
  3. LSU fires coach Brian Kelly in the 4th season of his 10-year, $100 million deal
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  1. New Orleans marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina with events around the city
  2. Satchmo SummerFest returns, honoring Louis Armstrong's legacy with jazz, art and food
  3. Lost bow of USS New Orleans found in South Pacific more than 80 years after battle
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