Althea Vallotton didn’t pay much attention to the roofers on top of her Marquette Drive home in Kenner when she left for work Wednesday. She told them “good morning” and went on her way. After all, it was only a one-day job to put on a new metal roof.

Then the calls started coming in from neighbors and relatives. Videos of her house were circulating on Facebook. The U.S. Border Patrol was there.

At about 12:30 p.m., just under a dozen agents pulled up in a truck and SUV and surrounded the two-story home. Several climbed up on top of the roof, according to videos posted to social media and a neighbor who saw it all. Two of the 10 or so workers who had been pulling off the asphalt shingles and prepping for the new roof were put in handcuffs and carted away, according to Vallotton, the neig

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