Agents on horseback and in armored vehicles participated in a daytime raid in the heart of Los Angeles' immigrant community.

MacArthur Park is located in one of the most immigrant-heavy neighborhoods in Los Angeles. On Monday, July 7, 2025, the park was quiet as children at a summer camp played. By the afternoon, an immigration operation was taking place in MacArthur Park,

Immigration agents swarm MacArthur Park in Los Angeles in show of force drawing ire of Mayor Karen Bass. A Border Patrol official said such tactics are going to be ‘normal very soon’

To the editor: The show of force by immigration agents in MacArthur Park was such a waste of taxpayer money (“Heavily armed immigration agents descend on L.A.’s MacArthur Park,” July 7).