Federal officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. “It’s the way a city looks before a coup,” Mayor Karen Bass said as she condemned the action.

U.S. military troops and federal immigration officers have made a brief but mighty show of force at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles

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,