Federal officials remain tight-lipped about the full scope of the Catahoula Crunch immigration enforcement operation, offering only select information about arrestees with criminal records.

Records reviewed by The Associated Press show the state's fusion center is tracking message boards for threats to agents and compiling updates on public sentiment.

On this week’s episode, we check in with reporters covering an immigration sweep in the Gulf South.

El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional ha enviado agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos a Nueva Orleans, en una operación que el gobierno federal está llamado “Operation Catahoula Crunch.”

The Department of Homeland Security has dubbed the operation “Catahoula Crunch.”

Protesters emphasized that the presence of federal officers on city streets was instilling widespread fear, including among U.S. citizens and lawful residents.

The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly deploying 250 Border Patrol agents to the New Orleans area, echoing recent operations in Chicago and North Carolina.

Federal agents are set to conduct a two-month immigration crackdown starting Dec. 1. The operation aims to arrest around 5,000 people across southeast Louisiana and Mississippi.

Ten people were arrested earlier this month for alleged immigration violations during a joint state and federal patrol of oyster beds in St. Bernard and Terrebonne parishes.

The Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center appears to have been operating well over its contracted capacity since April.