NEW ORLEANS — Federal agents began hitting the streets of New Orleans on Wednesday in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown across the U.S., looking to round up immigrants accused of violent crimes, a Homeland Security official said.

Masked agents patrolled a heavily Hispanic suburb in marked and unmarked vehicles, and a resident told The Associated Press he watched agents arresting men outside a home improvement store in New Orleans — a familiar scene that has played out in several major cities in recent months.

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino , who led enforcement operations in Chicago , Los Angeles and Charlotte, North Carolina , met up Wednesday with agents assembling in a Home Depot parking lot.

There are more than 200 Customs and Border Protection

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