BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Adrian Clouatre said his wife, Paola Clouatre, often scrolled through TikTok at night. One late evening in May, she stumbled on some immigration content. The chain of events that preceded and followed that moment led to a family in limbo.
Paola has been in the Richwood Correctional Center for nearly two months. She was initially arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the New Orleans headquarters, where Adrian said the couple went to clear up a deportation order discovered during that TikTok session.
“A video came up that showed you a website where you can see if you have a deportation order,” Adrian said. “She typed her information in, and she had one.”
Adrian said the agents arrested his wife after the couple was told to sit in the lobby following what appeared to be successful interview sessions…