ICE arrests 15 people after resident complaints
By Metia Carroll
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KENNER, Louisiana (WDSU) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 15 people in Kenner after an investigation at the Kenner boat launch.
Kenner police said on Friday, around 9 p.m., federal agencies and state police investigated the boat launch and pier park area.
Police said this was due to complaints they received from residents about trash, noise and traffic issues in the area.
The area was being patrolled by police, and the investigation was conducted.
Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley issued the following statement:
โ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ/๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉโ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ! ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ.โ
Kenner police did not clarify if the people taken into custody for questioning by ICE were undocumented or what charges they would face.
WDSU also asked Kenner police for the ages of the people taken into custody and where they are from. KPD did not immediately know that information.
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