NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - With the so-called operation ‘Swamp Sweep’ set to start next Monday (Dec. 1), some local immigration attorneys are anticipating a surge in calls seeking their services.

There are noticeable changes even before the operation begins.

At several home improvement stores, parking lots where day laborers usually solicit work are noticeably quieter. Some members of the local Hispanic and Latino communities say the planned immigration crackdown is having a chilling effect.

Homero Lopez Jr., an immigration attorney who’s been busy since the start of the second President Trump administration, said, “What we’re seeing is more people in detention for longer periods of time, having to fight their case under much stricter rules put in place on them.

“I think the need will signif

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