IMMIGRATION RAIDS
Armed, Horse-Mounted Agents March Through L.A. Park
… Mayor Bass Fights Back
Published July 8, 2025 5:43 AM PDT
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Horse-mounted federal agents robed in tactical gear descended on a Los Angeles park alongside about 90 members of the California National Guard Monday — a move Mayor Karen Bass is condemning as a “political stunt.”
Check out the chilling clip — rows of heavily-armed officers march through the mostly-empty MacArthur Park Monday via horseback and on foot … seemingly conducting an immigration sweep.
Bass shared the video on X shortly after she was notified of the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and military personnel … calling the act “absolutely outrageous.” She also claimed the park was full of life about 20 minutes earlier.
MacArthur Park is located in an area with a large immigrant population. No arrests have been reported. TMZ reached out to ICE … so far, no word back.
Though Bass continues to express her disgust with the deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles … a border patrol officer told Fox Los Angeles she better get used to it, ’cause they ain’t leaving.
He noted … “The federal government does not work for Karen Bass. We’re going to be here until that mission’s accomplished … and better get used to us now, ’cause this is going to be normal very soon.”
The chaotic theater by the Trump Administration today in Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park is a message from the polluted heart of @realDonaldTrump.
It says everything you and I need to know about the state of mind of this President. pic.twitter.com/74NIjK856D
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) July 7, 2025
@Cagovernor
Governor Newsom also spoke out against the military presence on Monday … vowing to protect Los Angeles’ “spirit” and “diverse communities” … and to “push back against this cruelty that is being perpetuated” by President Donald Trump.
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As you know … federal agents were assigned to duty in L.A. in early June amid sweeping anti-ICE protests — to round up illegal immigrants.
We even caught masked federal officers detaining a vendor across from a Home Depot in broad daylight — although bystanders protested … their efforts failed.
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