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- U.S. President Donald Trump is overseeing a two-month operation called 'Swamp Sweep' in New Orleans with 250 federal border agents aiming to arrest 5,000 people across southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi, starting December 1, and establishing command posts and staging sites to support the crackdown.
- New Orleans officials in liberal New Orleans may oppose the crackdown, risking clashes with federal action.
- Louisiana will serve as a key testing ground for the administration's deportation strategy.
