Gov. Jeff Landry told a Fox News host Monday that New Orleans is ready for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents in the city.

“When ICE is ready, we certainly welcome them to come into the city and be able to start taking some of these dangerous criminal illegal aliens off of our streets, and we’ve got a place to put them at Angola,” Landry said.

The Louisiana governor was referring to an ICE detention center known as Louisiana Lockup that is housed on the grounds of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

During a brief interview, Sandra Smith, a host on the Fox News program "America Reports," asked Landry whether the people of New Orleans would welcome ICE operations.

"Absolutely," Landry replied. "People around Louisiana want their communities to be safe, irrespecti

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