‘Swamp sweep’: Trump admin. orders 250 Border Patrol agents to New Orleans

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00:00The Trump administration's immigration crackdown is moving deeper into the South.

00:07After weekend raids in North Carolina, CBS News now reports Border Patrol is preparing to send

00:12about 200 agents to New Orleans in the next two weeks. Armored vehicles and special operations

00:18teams could be seen rolling into the Big Easy by December 1st. CBS says the New Orleans operation

00:24is part of the same enforcement push that swept through Charlotte, where federal agents arrested

00:29more than 100 people, and local leaders and protesters pushed back, saying the tactics

00:34fueled fear and confusion there. But New Orleans presents a different political landscape.

00:40The city has a Democratic mayor, but a Republican governor, Jeff Landry, who's a close ally of

00:46President Trump. Back in June, Landry signed a bill pledging Louisiana's full cooperation with

00:51federal immigration enforcement, including support for detentions and deportations.