NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police and several elected officials say they have received no details about upcoming federal immigration enforcement efforts, even as the head of Louisiana State Police confirmed his agency will assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol.
The West Bank drew widespread attention online over the weekend after reports of federal agents spotted in Algiers. ICE confirmed to WWL Louisiana that in Algiers, officers “targeted and arrested a criminal illegal alien who is a convicted sex offender. The individual remains in ICE custody.”
“There are some violent criminals who are immigrants and not citizens of this state,” State Police Superintendent Col. Robert Hodges said…