Overview
- A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order blocking Act 399 during Border Patrol’s sweep in the New Orleans area.
- The Attorney General’s office told the court the statute does not cover pure First Amendment speech and is aimed at conduct, especially violent interference.
- Following that clarification, the ACLU of Louisiana dismissed its lawsuit without prejudice on behalf of Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy.
- ISLA paused its “Know Your Rights” workshops before the sweep but says the state’s filing allows those trainings to resume.
- Act 399 expands obstruction to acts intended to hinder federal immigration enforcement, carrying up to one year in jail in some cases and up to $5,000 in fines, while officials declined to say if sharing agents’ locations would be a crime.