State and federal officials are set to announce plans to open a new facility at Angola Prison to house ICE detainees on Sept. 3.
Louisiana is among the top states with the most ICE detainees. Gov. Jeff Landry announced a partnership with the Trump administration to crack down on immigration in May. Operation GEAUX aims to enforce the president’s policies. Landry’s executive order directed Louisiana law enforcement agencies to work with the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.
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“If you’re here illegally and you engage in criminal activity, you are going to be deported or sent to jail,” Landry said.
PINE PRAIRIE, La. (KLFY) -- A corrections officer with the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center has been arrested on drug charges, authorities said. John Dix, 35, is charged with possession with intent to distribute meth, possession with intent to distribute MDMA, possession of Suboxone and possession of contraband in a…
PINE PRAIRIE, La. (KLFY) -- A corrections officer with the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center has been arrested on drug charges, authorities said. John Dix, 35, is charged with possession with intent to distribute meth, possession with intent to distribute MDMA, possession of Suboxone and possession of contraband in a…
PINE PRAIRIE, La. (KLFY) -- Man faced with simple assault charge after he threatened a Pine Prairie catholic priest and terrorized a Lafayette church, deputies said. Kenneth Vicknair was charged with simple assault after he allegedly made verbal threats of harm to a Catholic priest of St. Peter's Catholic Church…