ICE detains New Orleans police recruit after immigration judge signed removal order following his hiring

A New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) enlistee was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents implicit his amerciable status, the city’s constabulary main said Wednesday.

According to NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick, the recruit, who was not named, was hired by the constabulary unit successful June 2025 and was going done the department's constabulary academy.

"We learned astir it this morning," Kirkpatrick said Wednesday. "There was nary conflict involved. The enlistee was taken into custody without immoderate incidental whatsoever."

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New Orleans Police Supt. Anne Kirkpatrick, halfway successful white, is flanked by Louisiana officials aft a panic onslaught earlier the 2025 Sugar Bowl. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Kirkpatrick declined to place the recruit, referring questions connected his individuality to ICE. Fox News Digital has reached retired to ICE for further details.

She said the section had nary denotation during the hiring process that the idiosyncratic was not legally successful the U.S.

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NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said determination was nary denotation during the hiring process that the idiosyncratic was not legally successful the U.S. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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According to Kirkpatrick, the enlistee applied to articulation the section successful June 2025, had a valid driver’s licence and Social Security number, and had passed the national E-Verify system.

She said ICE aboriginal informed the section that an migration justice had signed a removal bid for the enlistee connected Dec. 5, 2025, pursuing his exertion to the constabulary force.

"The bid of removal occurred aft we had already hired him," she said.

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Kirkpatrick said the enlistee had lived successful the United States for astir 10 years and had antecedently lived successful Georgia.

An ICE cause is seen lasting successful beforehand of a location successful a residential area.  (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

She said that the NOPD had conducted modular transgression inheritance checks, including a hunt done the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database, and recovered nary transgression history.

According to Kirkpatrick, the ICE tract manager besides confirmed the enlistee had nary transgression record.

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"We did the owed diligence," she said.

"I person been told that helium volition not beryllium fixed a enslaved proceeding and that helium volition beryllium successful the process of a removal," she said.