Protesters spoke out Wednesday against President Trump adminstration's plan to arrest 5,000 immigrants in New Orleans and across Louisiana.during a city coucil meeting in Gretna, Louisiana.

The meeting was of the Jefferson Parish City Council, a parish that includes Kenner, which has been at the center of the New Orleans crackdown so far.

Trump administration officials say they are targeting immigrants with violent criminal pasts. But some local leaders in New Orleans say that’s an unrealistic goal.

That many arrests would surpass the number tallied during a two-month enforcement blitz this fall around Chicago, a region with a much bigger immigrant population.

Last week, dozens of people were forcefully removed from a New Orleans City Council meeting.

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