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Officials monitor online posts and protests as immigration raids spark public concern.

Records show few arrested had serious criminal histories despite DHS claims.

Local leaders criticize lack of transparency and potential chilling of free speech.

Fusion center tracks social media, protests, and community responses across Louisiana.

State and federal authorities are closely tracking online criticism and protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans, monitoring message boards around the clock for threats to agents while compiling regular updates on public “sentiment” surrounding the arrests, according to law enforcement records reviewed by The Associated Press.

The intelligence gathering comes even as officials have released few details about the first arr

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