Original Date Announced

AP News reports that the Trump administration is sending about 250 federal border agents to New Orleans for "Swamp Sweep," a two-month operation beginning December 1st that aims to arrest roughly 5,000 people across southeast Louisiana and Mississippi. The operation, led by Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, represents another major escalation in nationwide immigration crackdowns and positions Louisiana as an enforcement priority. DHS declined to comment on the operation, saying it would not "telegraph potential operations" for safety and security reasons.

Trump 2.0 [ID #2098]

Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2025.12.03 Complaint - Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy v. Murrill

Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Louisiana challenging Louisiana Act 399, which makes it a crime punishable by monetary fines and imprisonment to “[knowingly] commit any act intended to hinder, delay, prevent, or otherwise interfere with or thwart federal immigration enforcement efforts,” and Attorney General Liz Murrill's threats to prosecute such offenses. The Complaint alleges the Act violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments as applied to the plaintiffs by criminalizing protected speech and by being unconstitutionally vague, including Know Your Rights training presentations the organization conducts explaining immigrants’ legal protections during ICE arrests. Plaintiffs specifically argue that Act 399 will chill their free speech, including their ability to speak out and advise the community about activities taking place during Operation Swamp Sweep. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief. Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy v. Murrill, 2:25-cv-02421 (E.D. La.).

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2025.12.07 Reported: Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown - AP News

The Associated Press (AP) reviewed law-enforcement records showing the FBI and CBP have stationed agents at the Louisiana State Analytical and Fusion Exchange, an intelligence and data-sharing center. The center monitors Reddit for local residents' exchange of information about immigration raids. State and federal authorities compile the online chatter in internal briefings about public sentiment, focusing on posts that identify raid locations, encourage filming of officers, and circulate protest tools, handouts, and hotlines. Local leaders expressed concern that online surveillance chills free speech as authorities threaten to charge anyone interfering with immigration enforcement.

Separately, the report reveals that "only nine of the 38 people arrested in the first days [have] criminal histories that rose beyond traffic violations—information the intelligence bulletins warn 'should not be distributed to the media.'"