A month before taking office, Helena Moreno is steering the city through a budget crisis and a Border Patrol enforcement operation that has immigrants in hiding.

R&B singers Brandy, left, and Monica open the New Orleans stop of their The Boy Is Mine Tour at a full Smoothie King Center on Friday, December 5, 2025. Late in Brandy and Monica’s highly choreographed co-headlining performance Fat a full Smoothie King Center on Friday, the show paused unexpectedly.

One man has died and another was hospitalized following a shooting in New Orleans East on Saturday, police said. Police were called to the 4700 block of Camilia Street around 4:15 p.m. and found two men suffering from gunshot wounds.

The city, the latest to be targeted by the president in his deportation campaign, has a smaller foreign-born population than the national average, according to census data.

Everyone is adversely impacted by the system’s failure to move its feet,” said retired Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Calvin Johnson.

Across New Orleans, residents had anticipated the operation, particularly immigrants. Some businesses had closed while others posted signs saying, “ICE not welcome here.”

The headliners include Jason Aldean, Cody Johnson, and Creed, with performances by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Old Dominion and Bailey Zimmerman.

Independent journalist Nick Sortor describes being struck at a New Orleans ICE protest, with circulating videos revealing moments leading to the crowd altercation.