The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the most conservative courts in the country, recently denied three noncitizens being held in a private detention center a basic human right to due process. Why? The editorial page of this newspaper raised…
Re: “Immigrants in custody have no right to bond hearings, New Orleans federal appeals court rules,” Oct. 23. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling is another dangerous step toward a totalitarian society where constitutional rights are gradually eroded. It means…
Re: “How a small Louisiana airport powers ICE’s third-country deportations: ‘Where am I going?’” Oct. 23. I have always liked Alexandria, which I visit at least once a year for the marvelous concerts at a beautiful local church. It is a…
Sue Weishar is overlooking one thing in her recent letter concerning American children losing their parents to deportation. Deportees are choosing to leave their families behind, as opposed to choosing to take their families with them. If, as Weishar is…
From SUVs with blacked-out windows, the federal agents watched a gaggle of men outside the Mardi Gras Truck Stop, waiting to make their move. As the man they were tracking walked toward his silver Honda, the parking lot exploded into…
Federal officials can detain undocumented immigrants without allowing them to challenge their detention before judges, the New Orleans-based U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday, handing a major victory to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The decision delivered by a…
Long a hub of the federal government's deportation system, a central Louisiana airport is now the nation's leader in dispatching controversial "third-country" deportation flights, which the Trump administration uses to haul immigrants to countries where they often have no ties.
Heriberto Reyes-Ochoas, known as Eddie, was detained by federal immigration authorities after accidentally rear-ending a vehicle in Mississippi, his family said. An expectant father who has lived near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi for almost two decades will return to his…
This image taken from video shows the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, La., April 7, 2025. As a volunteer with Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention (laaid.org), I have been in occasional contact with people incarcerated in ICE prisons…
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