Federal agents, including more than 200 CBP and ICE officials led by Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, began a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in New Orleans and the suburb of Kenner on December 3, 2025. Agents arrested people at a Lowe's parking lot after they tried to flee, patrolled a heavily Hispanic neighborhood in marked and unmarked vehicles, questioned a man mowing his lawn, and surrounded a home where a man stood on the roof awaiting officers to leave. The operation, dubbed 'Catahoula Crunch,' is planned to run at least 60 days with a stated goal of arresting up to 5,000 people, prompting business closures, protests, and a New Orleans City Council portal for reporting alleged abuse by federal officers.