Archive · 20 Nov 2025
US to Deploy 250 Border Agents in Louisiana, Mississippi
The US government is sending 250 border agents to Louisiana and Mississippi next month.
They will start in New Orleans and spread out to arrest around 5,000 people.
This is part of an operation called 'Swamp Sweep' and will happen in early December.
US to send 250 border agents to Louisiana and Mississippi next month
Operation 'Swamp Sweep' to focus on southeastern parts of the states
Agents expected to arrest around 5,000 people in the two states
Operation to begin in early December, with agents staging in New Orleans
Agents will spread out across multiple parishes and as far north as Baton Rouge
- Who
- US Department of Homeland Security, Border Patrol agents
- What
- Deploying 250 agents to Louisiana and Mississippi for arrests
- When
- Early December 2021
- Where
- Louisiana and Mississippi, focusing on southeastern parts
- Why
- To enforce immigration laws and make arrests
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- Operation Name
- Swamp Sweep
- Agents to be Deployed
- 250
- Estimated Arrests
- 5,000
- Start Date
- Early December 2021
- Starting Location
- New Orleans, Louisiana
