Posted on 02/03/2026 1:10:32 PM PST by DFG
NEW: ICE confirms to Fox News that they’ve arrested a New Orleans Police Department recruit who they say is an illegal alien from Cameroon with an active deportation order & no work authorization, & they say he was illegally given a gun by New Orleans PD.
ICE says 46-year-old Larry Temah was one week away from graduating the New Orleans PD academy when they arrested him.
They say Temah first entered the US legally in 2015 on a visitor’s visa and was granted conditional residency after marrying a US citizen in 2016. However, in 2022, his application for permanent residency was denied to due to fraud.
ICE says Temah was ordered to appear in immigration court three times, but never did, disregarding US laws, which resulted in an immigration judge ordering him deported in absentia, resulting in his active deportation order.
DHS statement to FOX:
“This illegal alien from Cameroon, Larry Temah, is not only breaking the law with every step he takes in this country illegally, but the New Orleans Police Department hired him and issued him a firearm - what kind of law enforcement department gives criminal illegal aliens guns and badges? It’s a FELONY for illegal aliens to even possess a firearm. Sanctuary cities like New Orleans ignore ICE detainers and are protecting illegal aliens at the expense of American citizens."
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Every day that man spent in training was fraud, waste, and abuse of taxpayer money. Not only did he commit fraud, so did they.
Pontiac bandit
Are we running out of Americans to do these LEO jobs? What’s with the illegal aliens. If an illegal alien Fuzz FAFOs with me, I’m going to treat him just like the illegal aliens are treating ICE officers.
Probably would made it to Chief within a month ,LOL
How in the seven hells did this creature get accepted into, of all things, a POLICE ACADEMY????
Probably not ... this further emphasizes the systemic need to reform the way police are recruited, trained, hired, and held accountable.
NOPD Supt. Anne Kirkpatrick declined to identify the recruit, deferring to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. ICE did not immediately respond to questions about the arrest from Fox 8.
Kirkpatrick said the aspiring police officer was taken into custody by ICE “this morning, or sometime in the last 24 hours.”
Kirkpatrick said the department was blindsided by the recruit’s arrest. She said the recruit applied to join the NOPD in June 2025. She said ICE told the department that an immigration judge had ordered the recruit’s removal from the United States about six months later, on Dec. 5, 2025.
“There was nothing that was in the (personnel) packet that would have reason to believe that this person did not have legal status,” Kirkpatrick said.
Well NOPD has the lowest pay for metro cops in the Nation.
Merry New year!
And making DEI scams illegal when hiring Law enforcement officers.
There’s part of the problem ... pay crap wages, get crap employees ... including employees so crappy they’ll recruit an illegal alien with a deportation order into a police academy.
This should be Babylon Bee material ...
Anybody can become a cop. Even Droogs.
Hey, it’s Naw-leens, what’d ya’ll ‘spect
LOL Beef jerky time!
46 and starting the job? Wouldn’t he be eligible for retirement at like 48? Why do I smell scam again?
He needs lots of company when he goes to jail or is deported.
Cameroon immigrant photo....
Back home we’d prepare a nice big hot cauldron for you guys.
Wikipedia “Cannibalism in Africa”.
“The victims were usually killed or captured enemies, kidnapped strangers, and purchased slaves. Cannibalism was practiced to express hatred and to humiliate one’s enemies, as well as to avoid waste and because meat in general was rare; human flesh was also considered tastier than that of animals.”
...
“Killed or captured enemies could be consumed, and individuals from different ethnic groups were sometimes hunted down for the same purpose. Enslaved people were also sacrificed for the table, especially young children, who were otherwise in little demand but praised as particularly delicious. In some areas, human flesh and slaves intended for eating were sold at marketplaces.”
BBC, August 28, 2017.
Shock and fear amid South Africa cannibalism case.
“Yeah you right, there ain’t nothin’ clean at that laundry.”
And retired on a full pension in two years. Note his age.
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