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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested and deported nearly 15,000 in November, according to newly released figures.
The New Orleans Field Office said in a post on X it had arrested 2,824 illegal immigrants and deported 11,870, in one of America’s many “sanctuary cities,” which refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agents.
The Epoch Times reports, “Among the arrested were gang members, including two from Tren de Aragua and five from MS-13. Both transnational organizations were designated as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists by the State Department in February. In addition, 11 members from other gangs were arrested as well.”
The Department of Homeland Security said it had also arrested more than 250 criminal illegal immigrants since the launch of Operation Catahoula Crunch on 3 December.
“For too long, the sanctuary policies of New Orleans have endangered the lives of the citizens and visitors of its beautiful city,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said.
“It is asinine that the very politicians elected to serve the great people of New Orleans have allowed gang members, repeat offenders, sex criminals, and violent abusers to walk their streets and terrorize their citizens.
“DHS will continue arresting these scumbags until every criminal illegal alien has been removed from the streets of New Orleans.”
New Orleans is the latest target in President Trump’s ongoing immigration crackdown, which has focused on a number of high-profile Democrat-run cities.
Trump’s policy of surges began over the summer, first with deployments to Los Angeles and Washington DC, and then Chicago and Charlotte, North Carolina.
The deployments have seen large numbers of illegal immigrants arrested, but have also sparked serious unrest, including rioting around federal immigration facilities.
Federal agents have been rammed with cars and, in at least one incident, shot at. Two detainees were shot and killed by a gunman at a Texas ICE facility. The gunman was targeting ICE agents, but killed detainees instead by mistake.
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