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The England Authority, the governing body responsible for the England Airpark in Alexandria, is set to rake in close to $3 million over a five-year period by leasing property for use as an immigration detention facility, according to a contract obtained by Verite News through a public records request. 

The contract was first approved by the England Authority Board in February and signed in early August by England Airpark Executive Director Ralph Hennessy and William McConnell, of the LaSalle Family Foundation, a private contractor hired to run the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.

It gives LaSalle control over 10 acres of land and two buildings — an office building and a three-story former barracks — at the airpark, a former Air Force base whose footprint now includes the Alexandria International Airport, a major hub for deportation flights. 

In return for the use of the property, LaSalle will pay the England Authority an annual rent of about $536,000 for the first year of the five-year lease, with rent payments increasing each year through the final year. By the end of the contract, rent will be more than $600,000. In total, the contract commits LaSalle to about $2.84 million in rent over the course of the contract.

It’s not clear how those rates compare to the usual rent the airpark charges for the use of its property. Hennessy did not respond to questions about the contract.

The conversion of the airpark land to a detention center has been a source of concern and cause for protest among many Louisiana residents, who have railed against the idea of family and children detention. Though the former base already hosts a so-called immigration “staging center,” ICE critics have been particularly inflamed about the specific population of immigrants who will be housed at the new facility. 

The agreement describes it as a “temporary staging center at the England Airpark to house families, unaccompanied alien children, and adult females for voluntary removal from the United States of America.”

“What makes you think that this company will treat women, children and families any different than [the people in] the facilities they operate now?” said Tania Wolf with Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition to the airpark’s board during its September meeting, referring to allegations of abuse and neglect as well as recent deaths at LaSalle-run facilities.  

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I noticed a TikTok content creator (Brodie Falgoust / @brodieshredz) from South Louisiana with the last name Falgoust. I know Louisiana family history is a blend of different French-speaking groups. Did the Falgoust family arrive via the Acadian expulsion (making it a classic Cajun surname), or was it a direct immigration from France to French colonial Louisiana?

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Hello, everyone!

I'm a writer doing some historical and environmental research for a story set in New Orleans on December 10, 1926, and I'd love some help from people familiar with Louisiana's weather.

I'm trying to establish what the temperature, humidity, and general weather conditions might realistically be like on this month. I've found climate averages suggesting that New Orleans usually has mild December days, with daytime highs around 63–65°F (17–18°C) and nighttime lows around 49–50°F (9–10°C).

Also, there's another thing I was informed of. Since Baton Rouge is quite close to New Orleans, roughly an hour away, I figured its historical weather records might be useful for comparison.

A very kind person helped me find weather reports on NOAA, and apparently, on December 10, 1926, Baton Rouge had a low of 53°F and a high of 70°F, with no precipitation.

So, I was wondering: if Baton Rouge's temperature were around 53°F on a particular day, would it be reasonable to estimate that New Orleans might be a little warmer, perhaps around 56°F? Or is the temperature difference between the two cities too variable to make that kind of assumption?

Would those temperatures be a reasonable baseline for December? How variable is the weather in early December? Could it be warm enough to walk around comfortably in light clothing during the day but cold enough to need a jacket in the evening?

I'd also appreciate any insight into how humidity, rain, and cold fronts affect how the weather actually feels, literally how you feel in the weather would be helpful.

I understand that nobody can predict the exact weather this far in advance; but i do hope that with including local experience, I could be able make my writing more authentic.

Thank you!

Edit:- thank you, all of you who have answered I now have a better insight to New Orleans! Thank You and for the NOAA bit unfortunately there is data for 1927 and 1925 but not for 1926 which is a significant year for the character I'm writing about. And through it is unfortunate, I'm still happy to be able to get a much better understanding of LA New Orleans!

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