Kristi Noem will order about 250 Border Patrol agents south to New Orleans on a two-month immigration dragnet called “Swamp Sweep” with a target of about 5,000 arrests, according to secret government documents.

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, who helped lead federal operations in Los Angeles, Illinois, and North Carolina, has been tapped to take on the new mission in Louisiana, according to internal plans reviewed by the Associated Press.

The Department of Homeland Security operation, scheduled to start Dec. 1, is a further escalation in President Donald Trump’s drive to hit the grim deportation target of 3,000 removals a day—a benchmark senior aides including Stephen Miller have pressed field commanders to reach.

Louisiana, whose governor, Jeff Landry, is a Trump ally—is a pre

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