The office of Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana asked the Department of Homeland Security to release the detainee, who is married to a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.
Senator John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, helped release Paola Clouatre from detention after an immigration judge halted her deportation order.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to operate more like a business — like FedEx or Amazon. Brent McDonald and Campbell Robertson traveled to a small commercial airport in Alexandria, La., that has become the No. 1 ICE transit hub in the country.
Prosecutors said the chiefs and other officials exploited a program that offers immigrant victims of violent crime a pathway to residency and citizenship.
Alexander C. Van Hook, the acting U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, announcing charges against current and former police chiefs at a news conference in Lafayette, La., on Wednesday.
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