Louisiana officials have been eager for a federal intervention, but planned Border Patrol operations have stoked fear in the city’s immigrant work force.
In New Orleans, the looming immigration crackdown has stoked concerns about broader implications for the overall functioning of a city that has already had a remarkably turbulent year.
Louisiana officials have been eager for a federal intervention, but planned Border Patrol operations have stoked fear in the city’s immigrant work force.
In New Orleans, the looming immigration crackdown has stoked concerns about broader implications for the overall functioning of a city that has already had a remarkably turbulent year.
Mr. Duncan was elected clerk of the criminal court in New Orleans on Saturday, ousting an incumbent who claimed Mr. Duncan had never been cleared of the murder that sent him to prison.
Calvin Duncan, once seen as a long-shot candidate, easily outpolled the incumbent, Darren Lombard, in a runoff election Saturday, according to preliminary results.
Calvin Duncan was cleared of murder after he became a legal authority in prison. In New Orleans, his campaign for clerk of criminal court has struck a nerve.
Mr. Dickens, a Democrat who was running for a second term, had little serious opposition and benefited from a steep drop in violence, easing tensions in the city.
Andre Dickens, a Democrat and a former city councilman, benefited from an absence of serious competition and a landscape vastly different from the one he inherited four years ago.
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