Monday, December 29, 2025

No ICE in New Orleans

I'm just back from almost nine days away, three or so spent on trains, two and a half spent in Chicago, and the rest in New Orleans. I've never been there before, and there was a lot to see, so I missed a lot. 

One thing I didn't see while there was Customs and Border Patrol or Immigration and Customs Enforcement, though I wasn't near a Home Depot, so maybe that accounts for it. Though I wasn't looking for it, I saw some evidence of New Orleans talking back to ICE and Homeland Security:


Possibly dating from the No Kings march date? 


On a bougie porch in the Garden District.


I don't remember where I saw this.


This artistic rendering is a bit difficult to make make out, but easier if you click to enlarge the photo.


I shot this from the street car going up Canal Street on the way toward City Park, so it was far away and is a little fuzzy — but you get the idea.

Now I'm back in the Twin Cities, where we're facing a full-blown right-wing-induced panic that's likely to get people hurt, if not killed. So things are not great.  

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