SYNOPSIS: While outrage continues to mount about violent immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, ICE and the Border Patrol are active at smaller scale in cities across the South. A hearing last week in New Orleans brought together political leaders and immigrant advocates to detail the terror that Operation Catahoula Crunch has instilled in local communities, where many people are afraid to go to work or school. This week we have selected excerpts from the hearing, including statements from Congressman Troy Carter, New Orleans' new Mayor Helena Moreno, and representatives from New Orleans City Council, the ACLU, and more. Also: The FBI's alarming seizure of 2020 election ballots in Fulton County, Georgia; the impact of increasingly severe winter weather across the South; and a heartbreaking story of one young Alabama man's deportation. Plus, we pay tribute to Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History Month.

SHOW NOTES: "Shadow Hearing on Operation Catahoula Crunch, ICE Invasion of Louisiana" Homeland Security Committee Democrats (Video link) Fulton County Commissioner Mo Ivory on FBI raid (Instagram) "FBI raids Fulton County election office seeking ballots from Trump's 2020 loss" Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Fox5: Jack Smith labels Georgia 'Ground Zero' in 2020 election probe during tense House hearing" Ga. State Rep. Lucy McBath "Winter Storm Debilitates the South, Encasing Cities in Ice and Snow" The New York Times "Situation in Mississippi Grows More Dire After Days of Ice, Outages and a Rising Death Toll" Mississippi Free Press "Football referee forced to leave Alabama for Mexico: 'How many kids would get deported for that?'" John Archibald (AL.com) Carter G. Woodson Home (National Park Service)

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