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Border Patrol launches “Swamp Sweep” on Monday, with 250 federal agents in southeast Louisiana, aiming to arrest 5,000 people centered in New Orleans.

Similar operations in Chicago and Los Angeles have drawn accusations of heavy-handed, indiscriminate enforcement.

New Orleans’ “sanctuary city” policies conflict with strict anti-immigration state laws in Louisiana requiring local cooperation with ICE.

NEW ORLEANS — About 250 federal border agents are expected to launch a months-long immigration crackdown Monday in southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi.

The operation dubbed “Swamp Sweep,” which aims to arrest 5,000 people, is centered in liberal New Orleans and is the latest f

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