Authorities monitor online criticism of New Orleans immigration crackdown

Officials track public sentiment, noting negative impact of videos with sounds of children crying' as parents arrested

State and federal authorities are closely tracking online criticism and protests against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in New Orleans, monitoring message boards around the clock for threats to agents while compiling regular updates on public sentiment" surrounding the arrests, according to law enforcement records reviewed by the Associated Press.

The intelligence gathering comes even as officials have released few details about the first arrests made last week as part of Catahoula Crunch", prompting calls for greater transparency from local officials who say they have been kept in the dark about virtually every aspect of the operation.