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ICE arrested a New Orleans police recruit, Larry Temah, on Jan. 28, 2026

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ICE arrested Larry Temah, a 46-year-old Cameroonian who had been a recruit at the New Orleans Police Department academy, on January 28, 2026. The department issued him a firearm despite his immigration status: Temah entered the U.S. on a visitor visa in 2015, received conditional residency in 2016, had a 2022 denial of permanent residency for fraud, failed to appear at immigration court hearings and was ordered removed in absentia, and did not have work authorization. ICE says Temah is now in custody pending removal proceedings and criticized New Orleans as a sanctuary jurisdiction for not honoring detainers.
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Multiple credible sources — including an official DHS/ICE press release and local reporting — state that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Larry Temah, a New Orleans Police Department recruit, on January 28, 2026. Verdict: True — available evidence (DHS/ICE statement and independent local news reports) confirms the arrest date and that ICE took Temah into custody on Jan. 28, 2026.

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  1. Update · Feb 04, 2026, 05:45 AMTrue
    Multiple credible sources — including an official DHS/ICE press release and local reporting — state that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Larry Temah, a New Orleans Police Department recruit, on January 28, 2026. Verdict: True — available evidence (DHS/ICE statement and independent local news reports) confirms the arrest date and that ICE took Temah into custody on Jan. 28, 2026.
  2. Update · Feb 04, 2026, 04:37 AMTrue
    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (ICE) press release (Feb. 3, 2026) states ICE law enforcement arrested Larry Temah, a 46‑year‑old Cameroonian and a recruit for the New Orleans Police Department, on January 28, 2026. Contemporaneous local reporting by The Times‑Picayune/The Advocate (nola.com) and local TV (WVUE/Fox8) corroborates that federal agents detained Temah in late January and that he was taken into ICE custody pending removal proceedings. Verdict — True: an official DHS/ICE statement and multiple independent local news reports confirm the arrest occurred on January 28, 2026.
  3. Original article · Feb 03, 2026
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