BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The wife of a Baton Rouge veteran will not be deported after a judge granted a motion to reopen her case and an emergency stay of removal. The case will move to Jena.
Paola Clouatre, 25, has been in the Richwood Correctional Center for nearly three months. She will remain there until a bond is set and paid if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) releases her on recognizance, her husband, Adrian Clouatre, confirmed to Louisiana First Investigates.
“Hoping next week we can get the bond request in,” Adrian said.
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Paola was initially arrested by ICE at the New Orleans headquarters, where the couple went to clear up a deportation order discovered online. Adrian said agents arrested his wife after they were told to sit in the lobby following what appeared to be successful interview sessions…