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ACLU of Louisiana

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Trump’s 2025 mass-deportation drive reaches New Orleans with ‘Catahoula crunch’

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Secured written state assurances on Act 399, dismissing lawsuit without prejudice

On December 3, 2025, President Trump launched Operation Catahoula Crunch, a Border Patrol sweep targeting 5,000 arrests in southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi. The operation deployed roughly 250 agents to raid big-box stores, workplaces, and residential neighborhoods while conducting round-the-clock online surveillance of activists, protests, and community organizing.

Updated 6 days ago