New Orleans is target of latest Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation

The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it is surging immigration agents into New Orleans, making it the latest sanctuary-city target for President Trump's mass deportation effort.

It's been dubbed Operation Catahoula Crunch, and its stated goal is to track down illegal immigrants U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has wanted to deport but were shielded by the city's policy limiting cooperation with ICE.

The Department of Homeland Security released a list of potential targets they said had been released by local authorities despite being in the country illegally and having criminal entanglements.

"Sanctuary policies endanger American communities by releasing illegal criminal aliens and forcing DHS law enforcement to risk their lives to remove criminal illegal aliens that should have never been put back on the streets," said Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.