Mayor Bass on the Scene

BREAKING: We are with hundreds of federal agents and military as a massive federal immigration enforcement operation is underway in the MacArthur Park area of the sanctuary city of Los Angeles, an area with heavy MS-13 influence. Mayor Bass has demanded raids stop, Feds respond… pic.twitter.com/g4osPOL6mr

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 7, 2025

… with one of the largest yet, including Border Patrol agents on horseback. Protesters already showing up.

BREAKING: LA Mayor Karen Bass just arrived on scene. She is speaking with Border Patrol. pic.twitter.com/3ibCu5uLKf

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 7, 2025

🚨 “They need to leave and they need to leave right now!” @MayorOfLA @KarenBassLA arrives at MacArthur Park as federal agents raid the area.

She demands to speak to the person in charge and is given a cell phone to speak with leadership.

Video via @FOXLA’s @sdprod 🚨 pic.twitter.com/uKyv0EgyAT

— Elex Michaelson (@Elex_Michaelson) July 7, 2025

NEW: I just spoke to Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino @USBPChiefELC, who was the official on the phone with LA Mayor Karen Bass at MacArthur Park today. I asked him for his message to her, as she demands raids end?

“I don’t work for Karen Bass. Better get used to us now, cause…

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 7, 2025

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

Nice to talk with you again today, Bill. We may well go back to MacArthur Park or other places in and around Los Angeles. Illegal aliens had the opportunity to self deport, now we'll help things along a bit. 🇺🇸 🇺🇲

— USBP Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino (@USBPChiefELC) July 7, 2025

This is footage from today in 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.

Absolutely outrageous. pic.twitter.com/sxGzjGlYlr

— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) July 7, 2025

This is the MacArthur Park Karen Bass is fighting to preserve. She wants children forced to play here. pic.twitter.com/dJYspfXo0Y

— Dan Cotter (@TheDanCotter) July 7, 2025

This is exactly what I voted for. MacArthur Park used to be a place where families fed ducks, not dodged needles and gunfire. It’s been overrun by junkies, gangs, and vagrants for years while LA politicians like Karen Bass hand out sanctuary status like candy. The fact that…

— Flopping Aces (@FloppingAces) July 7, 2025

… federal agents and Border Patrol are finally storming in, on horseback no less, is the first real sign of spine we’ve seen in ages. Let the protesters cry. Law and order is back.

Fair question. But you can’t clean up the surface rot without pulling out the roots. And in MacArthur Park, a huge chunk of the violence, trafficking, and chaos is being driven by illegal alien gangs like MS-13 who prey on the homeless, run the drug trade, and use the area as a…

— Flopping Aces (@FloppingAces) July 7, 2025

… a base of operations.

The mentally ill and addicts are symptoms. The cartel networks exploiting them are the disease. This isn’t just about immigration, it’s about breaking the infrastructure of crime that’s made the park a no-go zone. You want to fix the filth and danger? Start by taking out the people organizing it. That’s what this raid is doing.