Overview
- Documents and officials cited by multiple outlets report roughly 250 agents staging for a two‑month crackdown across southeast Louisiana and Mississippi with a goal of about 5,000 arrests, targeting a Dec. 1 launch.
- Reuters reports agents could begin arriving as soon as Saturday and that activity is expected to scale down over Thanksgiving and Christmas, though DHS has declined to discuss future operations.
- Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol commander who led recent Charlotte actions and earlier surges in Los Angeles and Chicago, is expected to run the New Orleans deployment.
- Mayor‑elect Helena Moreno issued legal‑rights guidance and, with City Council President JP Morrell, plans a tool to report unlawful or abusive conduct by federal agents.
- NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick says the department will not participate in immigration arrests, while Louisiana’s attorney general and governor publicly support the federal effort as immigrant workers and businesses report heightened fear and economic strain.