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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass confronted federal agents during an immigration enforcement operation at a downtown park, per The Hill.
On Monday (July 7), uniformed authorities were seen moving through LA's MacArthur Park on foot and horseback.
ICE confirmed that military units were deployed amid a "large-scale federal immigration enforcement operation."
“U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CBP] led a large–scale federal immigration enforcement operation in downtown Los Angeles today, supported by the military units that President Trump deployed to the area earlier this year to protect federal property and agents," the agency said in a statement. “ICE was involved but the operation was led by CBP, which has been overseeing immigration enforcement efforts in the LA area for the past weeks."
Bass appeared to intervene in the situation, speaking with a U.S. Border Patrol agent upon arrival at the park.
“When I got to MacArthur Park, by the way, and my purpose was one, to witness what was going on, but then when I got there, to do what I could to stop it,” Bass said during a press conference Monday.
“And so I asked the person, an individual from the custom and border patrol, who was in charge. They put me on the phone with the individual. I said that this needed to end, what was the purpose in them being here, but it absolutely needed to end. He said that they would be leaving within minutes, and I believe a few minutes later they left."
Bass also took to social media to share video of the military storming MacArthur Park.
“Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through. The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW,” the mayor said in her post. “Absolutely outrageous.”
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