DHS agents target the Vietnamese community in New Orleans [View all]

Source: Scripps News

Posted 5:04 PM, Dec 05, 2025


A DHS immigration enforcement operation dubbed "Operation Catahoula Crunch" began earlier this week in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a goal of 5,000 arrests over two months. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, who is leading the operation, arrived in the city earlier in the week.

CBP has posted videos on social media showing arrests. One video shows agents pulling roofers from a job in Kenner, Louisiana, west of New Orleans. This focus on New Orleans comes after similar high-profile operations in cities like Chicago and LA, as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Target are largely in Democrat-led states and cities identified as sanctuary jurisdictions. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, who is from Louisiana, said Thursday he supported the operation. "Democrats' sanctuary city policies have failed — making our American communities dangerous. The people of our GREAT city deserve better, and help is now on the ground," Johnson wrote.

On the ground, communities are on edge. Streets and businesses are empty in cities with high concentrations of Hispanic residents and Vietnamese communities. Many of those Vietnamese residents in particular endured waves of displacement to the U.S. at the end of the Vietnam war, after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Some have spent the past half century building lives and deep roots in New Orleans.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/immigration/dhs-agents-target-the-vietnamese-community-in-new-orleans

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Called it when I heard they were heading to New Orleans to terrorize the population. There is a good-sized SE Asian (notably Vietnamese) population along coastal LA, many involved in the shrimp-farming industry.

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