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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Jack Brook,Rebecca Santana and Sara Cline

A Border Patrol-led immigration crackdown is coming to southeast Louisiana. Here's what to know

Around 250 federal border agents are expected to launch a monthslong immigration crackdown on Monday in southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi dubbed “Swamp Sweep.”

The deployment, which aims to arrest 5,000 people, is centered in liberal New Orleans and is the latest federal immigration enforcement operation to target a Democratic-run city as President Donald Trump's administration pursues its mass deportation agenda.

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