ICE’s New Deputy Director Helped Oversee Louisiana’s Homeless Sweeps

ICE’s New Deputy Director Helped Oversee Louisiana’s Homeless Sweeps

As U.S. homelessness rates reach record highs, President Donald Trump has pledged to ban street camping, relocate unhoused people to privately-managed “tent cities,” and arrest anyone caught violating the new laws. But while Trump’s threats certainly sound draconian, they’re not exactly novel. In recent years, several states have organized increasingly harsh homeless sweeps—perhaps most typified by Louisiana, where the governor recently oversaw …