Alena Maschke (The Current)

At a family event hosted by the Wat Thammarattanaram, Laotian men eat crawfish served alongside traditional Laotian and Vietnamese dishes.

Trump’s deportation push alarms a Louisiana refugee community

An aggressive deportation push by the Trump administration has stirred fear in this deeply rooted South Louisiana community.

An aerial view of the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Facility in Jena, La., Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louisiana News

‘Detention Center Alley’ — Louisiana rises to prominence as hub for immigrant detention

Alena Maschke (The Current)

Mahmoud Khalil’s detention in Louisiana, along with that of several other campus activists who have been shipped to detention centers in the state from far away, has put a spotlight on Louisiana’s role as a major hub for immigration detention.

A Telehealth kiosk, deployed at the end of last year, stands inside the meeting room of the public library branch in Glenmora, La., on Thursday, March 29, 2024.

Public Health

Women lack access to menopause care — a Louisiana couple wants to change that

Alena Maschke (The Current)

“I just wish that there had been something to prepare me, somebody that I could talk to, ask a question,” Burke said of her perimenopausal experience. That’s the gap the couple is hoping to fill.