Jacob Bradford

1 week ago | fox8live.com | Jacob Bradford

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Multiple lifeguards working at New Orleans city pools say they have not received their paychecks despite already working several weeks this summer. Reginique Otkins has been a lifeguard for the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORD) on and off for 11 years. She says lifeguards at the city pool in her neighborhood taught her how to swim as a child, inspiring her career choice. “The lifeguards there took time to work with me. Taught me how to swim.

2 weeks ago | wlox.com | Jacob Bradford

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - ICE agents in New Orleans detained the wife of a Marine veteran, while her husband says they were following the rules to get her green card. Court records show she had a final order of removal, which her family says she didn’t know about, and she is now being held at a detention facility in Monroe. “You know I gave up the best five years, you know. People thought the best years of your life, your college years. I went and spent that in the military.

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Jacob Bradford

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - ICE agents in New Orleans detained the wife of a Marine veteran, while her husband says they were following the rules to get her green card. Court records show she had a final order of removal, which her family says she didn’t know about, and she is now being held at a detention facility in Monroe. “You know I gave up the best five years, you know. People thought the best years of your life, your college years. I went and spent that in the military.

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Jacob Bradford

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -Activists are raising concerns over a bundle of bills headed to Gov. Jeff Landry’s desk that would bolster federal immigration enforcement efforts in Louisiana. For immigrants and advocates like Rachel Taber with Union Migrante, the bills spell nothing but heartache. “It’s like some of our legislators forgot that their Cajun ancestors were in an immigrant caravan from the north, or their grandmother was suppressed for speaking French.

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Jacob Bradford

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The decision by Churchill Downs to pull out of the Fair Grounds is already rattling nerves in the surrounding community, where small businesses say they depend on the fall racing season to survive. The company, which has owned and operated the Fair Grounds racetrack and its adjacent casino since 2004, announced plans to surrender its racing and gaming licenses in Louisiana.