Mayor-elect Helena Moreno said she’s “disturbed” by reports she has seen of U.S. Custom and Border Protections conduct in other cities and that she will do what is within her power to ensure New Orleanians' rights aren’t violated, including by connecting residents with attorneys who volunteered to provide free legal advice.

Speaking on Wednesday at an event for the Women of the Storm at City Park, Moreno also said she worries that the Border Patrol agent’s practice of concealing their faces and not wearing identifiable uniforms during immigration raids could cause confusion and lead to violence, noting that Louisiana allows residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit.

“If you are a masked person and not necessarily identifiable as an officer, you’re coming up on people and gra

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