A woman yells at U.S. Border Patrol agents while they conduct an immigration enforcement operation Dec. 5, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana This comes on the third day of the operation in Louisiana, ‘Catahoula Crunch,’ launched by the Department of Homeland Security as a part of an immigration crackdown on undocumented immigrants in the United States. (Photo by Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)
Louisiana’s top criminal justice official has warned New Orleans’ police chief she risks breaking state and federal laws if her officers don’t actively support ongoing federal immigration enforcement efforts in the city.
Attorney General Liz Murrill sent a letter Friday to NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick saying the department’s policies “conflict with current state law and also may be interpreted as ‘sanctuary’ policies.” (Read the letter below)…