Behind The Lens: ICE detention, court access and federal intervention in Louisiana (Audio)
Reporter Delaney Nolan and editor Katy Reckdahl examine the surge in ICE activity across Louisiana.
Tag: immigration enforcement
ICE rushes to deport Palestinian grandfather, despite judge’s order to free him
A federal judge in Baton Rouge rebuked the government’s unlawful detention of the infirm 77-year-old. Then ICE seized him again.
ICE has been deporting pregnant and postpartum immigrants. Now we know how many.
Though federal policy discourages the detention of pregnant women and other at-risk people, Homeland Security numbers show that many have been caught up in the immigration enforcement surge over the past year.
Louisiana crawfish industry struggles with limited foreign workers, ag commissioner says
Gov. Landry says getting more visas is the state congressional delegation’s “lane to drive.”
In departure from norm, Coast Guard demands immigration papers on Louisiana docks
In St. Bernard Parish, fishing deckhands fear death and detention amid regular immigration sweeps - not by ICE, but the Coast Guard. Critics say the Trump administration is undermining the Coast Guard’s other missions - and harming working-class boat captains while sparing industries with powerful lobbies.
My mom showed her support by bringing me a sweater.
At first, the writer’s mom wasn’t sure if she should support her daughter’s human-rights work. “She was very very cautious. It was really hard.”
A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks
Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children.
Usted puede hacer cumplir la ley de inmigración de maneras profesionales
La forma en que se aplica la ley es tan importante como la ley misma.
Sheltering in place through the ICE storm
A survey in photo and text, of what New Orleanians are thinking about the local immigrants threatened by Catahoula Crunch.
Why New Orleans Became Trump’s Newest Immigration Target
Recent legal changes, a Trump-friendly governor and a large immigration detention infrastructure could make the New Orleans crackdown easier for the administration.
