DHS Plans to Deploy 250 Border Agents to Louisiana in Major Immigration Sweep

A Louisiana corrections officer looks out from a tower by Camp 57 at Angola Prison, the Louisiana State Penitentiary and America’s largest maximum-security prison farm, before a press conference to announce the opening of a new US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility that will house immigrants convicted of crimes in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, near the town of St. Francisville on September 3, 2025. (Photo by Matthew HINTON / AFP) (Photo by MATTHEW HINTON/AFP via Getty Images)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal agents are set to conduct a major immigration crackdown called “Swamp Sweep” in New Orleans in the coming weeks. The operation aims to arrest around 5,000 people across southeast Louisiana and Mississippi. People familiar with the matter tell The Associated Press the deployment is expected to start in early December. This is part of a series of nationwide immigration crackdowns under the Trump administration. Republican Governor Jeff Landry has fully supported aligning state policy with federal immigration. Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol commander known for large-scale immigration crackdowns, will oversee the operation. The plan includes agents fanning out across neighborhoods and commercial hubs, with staging sites planned at the FBI field office and a nearby naval base.