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Trump administration targets 5,000 arrests in New Orleans operation.

City leaders say goal is unrealistic and sweeps up nonviolent residents.

Prior crackdowns show most arrestees lack violent criminal records.

Community protests and concerns rise as agents patrol immigrant neighborhoods.

Trump administration officials overseeing the immigration crackdown launched this week in New Orleans are aiming to make 5,000 arrests, a target that some city leaders who oppose the operation say is unrealistic and would require detainining more than just violent offenders.

It’s an ambitious goal that would surpass the number of arrests during a two-month enforcement blitz this fall around Chicago, a region with a much bigger immigrant population than New Orleans. Records tracking t

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