Border Patrol agents rolled into New Orleans and started hitting up Home Depot parking lots where immigrants hang out looking for work, and the whole operation got the cringey nickname Catahoula Crunch from Homeland Security. Gregory Bovino brought his green team after doing similar sweeps in LA, Chicago, and Charlotte, where they grabbed way more regular people than actual criminals despite claiming they were hunting the worst offenders.
The feds say they want violent criminals who got released from jail, but Charlotte's numbers showed only 44 out of 370 arrests had any criminal history at all. Louisiana's Republican governor is hyped about it, while the Democratic mayor-elect is worried about due process violations, and immigrant advocates have been warning people to stay inside since agents will basically stop anyone who looks Hispanic, regardless of their background.
The feds say they want violent criminals who got released from jail, but Charlotte's numbers showed only 44 out of 370 arrests had any criminal history at all. Louisiana's Republican governor is hyped about it, while the Democratic mayor-elect is worried about due process violations, and immigrant advocates have been warning people to stay inside since agents will basically stop anyone who looks Hispanic, regardless of their background.
