Mayor-elect Helena Moreno is demanding “immediate changes” to how federal immigration authorities are conducting sweeps across the metropolitan region in a three-day-old operation dubbed “Catahoula Crunch.”
Moreno will talk about the changes she is seeking at a 1 p.m. briefing, and she will be joined by local religious leaders, advocates and other officials, according to a press release. The release indicates she wants authorities to “release critical information, remove their masks and respect the rights and due process of New Orleanians.”
Moreno, currently the City Council’s vice president, has previously expressed concern about Department of Homeland Security tactics in operations in other cities, including racial profiling and excessive force…