July 7, 2025.

At about 10.30 this morning, local time, heavily armed, masked agents in trucks, armored vehicles,

a helicopter, on foot, and on horseback, accompanied by a gun mounted on a truck, raided

the MacArthur Park area of Los Angeles. Journalist Mel Buer reported that agents from Customs

and Border Patrol, or CBP, the National Guard and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE,

brought what she called a massive federal presence.

Fox News Channel personnel were embedded with the Raiders and broadcasts throughout the operation,

suggesting that it was designed for the media as a show of force to intimidate opponents.

CBP brought its own press team, and its people were also taking photos of

bystanders. After Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass arrived and spoke with Border Patrol

Chief Gregory Bovino, the agents left. It is not clear that there was a specific

target for the raid or that anyone was arrested. Later, Bovino told

Bill Malugan of the Fox News Channel, I don't work for Karen Bass. Better get used to us now,

because this is going to be normal very soon. We will go anywhere, anytime we want, in Los Angeles.

Immigrants' rights group sued Bovino last week to block what they call an ongoing

pattern and practice of flouting the Constitution and federal law during immigration raids.

Steve Bannon of Military.com reports that about 70 National Guard troops have been deployed to

the new detention facility

in the Florida Everglades as the administration leans harder on the military to enforce its

nationwide immigration crackdown. Unlike the National Guard troops, Trump federalized in Los Angeles,

these troops are operating as state troops under Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Another 8,500 active duty and National Guard troops are stationed along the border between the

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