Overview

• Mayor Karen Bass personally confronted ICE and Border Patrol agents at MacArthur Park on Monday and demanded they immediately withdraw from the scene
• Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino asserted that federal officers in Los Angeles do not answer to the mayor and vowed to continue enforcement actions
• DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said arresting Mayor Bass for interference remains a possible response to her disruption
• Federal agents entered the park on horseback and in armored vehicles during the operation, though no arrests have been officially confirmed
• Bass described the operation as a political stunt targeting Los Angeles and said her intervention was necessary to protect residents from federal enforcement tactics