🌱 How immigration raids are reshaping daily life for Jefferson Parish families

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• How immigration raids are reshaping daily life for Jefferson Parish families

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 61 and low of 53 degrees.
• Wednesday: Increasing cloudiness, temps: high: 65, low: 59.
• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 78 and low of 53 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Continued Mass Deportations Mean More Are Teens Forced to Care for Siblings After Parents Get Detained: Report (latintimes.com) — Families in Jefferson Parish are grappling with aggressive federal immigration raids that have left local teens suddenly responsible for younger siblings when parents are detained. At a recent Jefferson Parish Council meeting, community leaders warned that children now go to school unsure if their parents will be home, as cases like an 18-year-old Kenner resident caring for his disabled sister become more common.
   

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📸 Around Jefferson

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Jefferson

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Saturday December 20

• The Nutcracker
  Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 6400 Airline Dr, Metairie
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• JEDCO Executive Committee Meeting
  Jefferson Parish, LA Calendar , 700 Churchill Parkway , Avondale
  8:30 am
• Planning Advisory Board East Bank Public Hearing Meeting
  Jefferson Parish, LA Calendar , 1221 Elmwood Park Boulevard , Jefferson
  5:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve Holiday
  Jefferson Parish, LA Calendar

Thursday December 25

• Christmas Day Holiday
  Jefferson Parish, LA Calendar

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Personnel Board Regular Meeting
  Jefferson Parish, LA Calendar , 1221 Elmwood Park Boulevard , Jefferson
  2:00 pm
• Jefferson Parish Library Board Meeting (Canceled)
  Jefferson Parish, LA Calendar , 4747 West Napoleon Avenue , Metairie
  4:00 pm
• Adult Watercolor Classes
  Jefferson Parish Library - River Ridge Library , 8825 Jefferson Hwy , River Ridge
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Pottery Hand Building Class
  Artsy Edge , 3228 Metairie Road , Metairie
  11:00 am

Monday December 22

• Pre-Christmas Camp
  Posh Paint Pottery , 1640 Hickory Ave , Harahan
  9:00 am
• **(Christmas Week Camp) - Harahan, LA 2025
  Elmwood Self Storage & Wine Cellar , 1004 S Clearview Pkwy , Harahan
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Metairie

• It's all for one, and one for all at the French literature discussion group in Metairie (nola.com)
• With over 750 punchlines sent, check out the WINNER and finalists in Walt Handelsman's LAST Cartoon Caption Contest! (nola.com)
• Border Patrol agents arrest at least 3 at Slidell construction site (wwltv.com)

River Ridge

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