New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter said the deployment of immigrations agents to city is a 'disaster waiting to happen.' ...

New Orleans, the laid-back city known as the Big Easy and the birthplace of jazz, where lavish parades, bead-throwing debauchery and Creole cuisine attract tourists from around the globe, is about to ...

Protesters emphasized that the presence of federal officers on city streets was instilling widespread fear, including among U.S. citizens and lawful residents.

A federal immigration crackdown branded “Operation Swamp Sweep” is set to begin this week, with 250 Border Patrol agents expected to be deployed to New Orleans and Mississippi.

About 250 federal border agents plan to begin a months-long immigration crackdown in southeast Louisiana, centered in New ...

The U.S. Border Patrol is expected to launch a months-long immigration enforcement operation in New Orleans and Mississippi on Monday. In an operation called "Swamp Sweep," about 250 Border Patrol ...

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans area immigrant community is bracing for stepped-up Border Patrol operations expected to begin this week. Many workers have decided to stay home rather than risk being ...

You have parents who are scared to send their children to school,” the city’s mayor-elect, Helena Moreno, said.

Other recent swamp and marsh fires elicited rapid, multi-agency deployments of firefighting crews and equipment, but it took nearly a week before attempts were made to extinguish the 200-acre New ...

Jean Lafitte Swamp Tour is a great way to get out on the water looking for gators, birding, and other wildlife. Enjoy a 90 minute tour of the Jean Lafitte National Preserve in the heart of Southern ...

Efforts this week to pump more water into the burning swamp on the east edge of New Orleans are cooling the heat but may be producing more smoke, potentially contributing to the “super fog” that ...

After several weeks of blanketing the New Orleans area in thick, noxious smoke, the swamp fire on the east edge of the city is finally out. The New Orleans Fire Department declared the fire ...