A federal immigration crackdown branded “Operation Swamp Sweep” is set to begin this week, with 250 Border Patrol agents expected to be deployed to New Orleans and Mississippi. The mission is part of President Donald Trump’s broader immigration enforcement strategy.

Similar operations have already rolled out in cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles and Charlotte, North Carolina. Unlike those locations, Louisiana’s Republican governor is welcoming the federal involvement.

Officials say the operation aims to arrest about 5,000 people in southeast Louisiana and Mississippi. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed at least four arrests so far in Gretna, Louisiana.

In an interview with Scripps News, Jordan Bridges, organizing director for the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Ju

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