NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trump administration officials overseeing the immigration crackdown launched this week in New Orleans are aiming to make 5,000 arrests with a focus on violent offenders, a target that some city leaders say is not realistic.

Leaders in New Orleans oppose his tactics, but the Republican governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, welcomes them. Rounded-up migrants could be detained in "Angola", the Louisiana State Penitentiary and the US's largest maximum security prison. Its name is linked to the former slave plantation which was located where the prison now stands.

Federal officers are in the city for an operation aimed at enforcing the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

You'd never know this hidden New Orleans wine bar and wine shop was there, and these events are a good chance to check it out.

The arrival of federal law enforcement in New Orleans this week further strains a city on the verge of welcoming a new leader — and sets up the latest clash between local Democrats and Republican officials over President Donald Trump’s wide-reaching immigration enforcement agenda.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was ordered in October to pay the legal fees for Anne Breaud after the Louisiana Supreme Court chose not to take up her appeal regarding the stalking case.

Support + Feed, the non-profit organization founded by musician Billie Eilish's mother, Maggie Baird, is now expanding its efforts in New Orleans.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun an immigration effort in New Orleans, the department said in a Wednesday press release. DHS said the New Orleans-based “Operation Catahoula Crunch” will aim for “criminal illegal aliens roaming free thanks to sanctuary policies.

The New Orleans Pelicans have struggled to keep Zion Williamson healthy. They just received more bad news regarding him.