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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is calling the country’s bluff — and he’s doing it with action, not just rhetoric. In a new cinematic video and official messaging, Landry made plain that if criminal migrants come to Louisiana to harm our communities, they’ll be given a new address: Louisiana Lockup at the Angola state penitentiary.
The facility, branded Camp 57 or “Louisiana Lockup,” is a real, functioning detention unit inside Angola that federal and state officials toured this month, and it already holds detainees while offering more than 400 beds for those the federal government deems the most dangerous. High-level officials including Homeland Security leadership and the attorney general joined the announcement, underscoring that this is a coordinated federal-state effort to restore order.
Conservatives should applaud a governor who refuses to let his state be a free pass for violent criminals. Landry’s message — that gang members, rapists, and dangerous traffickers will be locked up and processed for removal — is exactly the kind of hard-line enforcement Americans demanded and were promised. This isn’t cruelty; it’s common-sense protection of our neighborhoods and families.
Predictably, the left and its legal activists are howling. Groups like the ACLU have already filed suits and public-interest advocates claim detainees face mistreatment and have even staged hunger strikes — allegations that the administration and law enforcement fiercely dispute. Of course they protest; when you put public safety ahead of permissive politics, the activist class loses its talking points and takes to the courts.
Make no mistake: this is about sovereignty and deterrence. The Angola operation is part of a broader push to expand detention capacity so dangerous offenders can’t simply be released back onto our streets, and it dovetails with an administration intent on reversing the chaos at the border. Patriots know we cannot have rule of law without enforcement, and this partnership between Louisiana and federal authorities is a blueprint for restoring order.
Critics will shriek that using an old, tough facility is inhumane, but those critics rarely live in the neighborhoods terrorized by criminals who exploit lax policies. Governors have a duty to protect their people, and Landry is exercising that duty instead of playing politics. If standing firm makes the talkers uncomfortable, so be it — their comfort will never trump the safety of everyday Americans.
This is a moment for voters to decide what they value: open borders and weak enforcement, or safe streets and accountable immigration policy. Landry’s Louisiana Lockup is a clear, unapologetic choice for the latter, and conservatives should rally behind leaders who put citizens first and deliver on promises to keep America secure.
