A Supreme Court court ruling last month rejected the state’s previous congressional map as an illegal racial gerrymander and set off a redistricting race across the South.
State Representative Edmond Jordan of Louisiana speaks with fellow lawmakers before a Louisiana House vote on a redistricting plan to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, in Baton Rouge, La., on Thursday.
A federal task force in the city has been targeting crime and undocumented immigrants since October. Observers say they have faced retaliation for trying to track the agents’ work.
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