Quote:As RedState previously documented, California Democrats have been throwing tantrums since the immigration sweeps in Los Angeles started, with Gov. Gavin Newsom using the issue to try and elevate his profile ahead of an anticipated 2028 presidential run and Mayor Karen Bass and other Democrats coddling rioters and gaslighting about "peaceful protests."

More recently, Bass announced that she refused to meet with ICE, nor would she work with them, with Fox News reporting at the time that "Bass said the only deal is for ICE to go home, and she gave no indication she would be willing to meet w/ the agency."

ICE told her fine, but they weren't going anywhere, and that "If she wants distance from federal law enforcement, I'm sure there is an upcoming diplomatic trip to Ghana."

On Monday, federal immigration enforcement agents delivered another response to Bass's refusal to cooperate with them and her demand that they leave, initiating one of the biggest joint immigration sweeps so far in a part of Los Angeles that is said to have a significant MS-13 presence:

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

At long last, this got the attention of Mayor Bass, who arrived on the scene and again demanded immigration enforcement agents leave:

It doesn't look as though she stayed very long:

Bass is also claiming that kids were playing at the park just minutes before the agents arrived, a claim that was disputed by Blaze immigration reporter Julio Rosas:

Per the AP, the National Guard reportedly is also there to protect the federal agents:

The operation in the large park about 2 miles west of downtown LA included 17 Humvees, four tactical vehicles, two ambulances and the armed soldiers, defense officials said. It came after President Donald Trump deployed thousands of Guard members and active duty Marines to the city last month following protests over previous immigration raids.

As of this writing, there are no reports on whether there have been any arrests so far. Stay tuned.

(07-07-2025 03:35 PM)VA49er Wrote:  lol @ "Protesters already showing up" I swear these people must sit around all day every day just waiting to protest something.

(07-07-2025 03:35 PM)VA49er Wrote:  lol @ "Protesters already showing up" I swear these people must sit around all day every day just waiting to protest something.

Quote:'cause it's da ______, that's a fact

'cause it's da ______, and they're suckin' muh sac

'cause it's da ______, what a game

'cause it's da ______, ain' got no shame

'cause it's da ______!

(07-07-2025 04:24 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  The Dem’s are powerless in resisting democratically elected representatives implementing the people’s will and it frustrates them.

Elections have consequences.

Quote:The federal authorities did not, in fact, leave right then. Instead, the raid continued into the afternoon, as it should have given the area in question. Why exactly is Bass showing up to demand an end to a raid that was targeting illegal aliens who deal in drug and human trafficking, never mind other violent crimes? Does she have a special affinity for MS-13 members?

Regardless, the person Bass spoke to on the phone was apparently Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino, and he was having none of her nonsense. When reporter Bill Melugin asked what he had to say to her, here's how he responded.

BOVINO: I don’t work for Karen Bass. Better get used to us now, cause this is going to be normal very soon. We will go anywhere, anytime we want in Los Angeles.

This is the kind of backlash that was so easy to see coming, yet Democrats just can't help themselves. Originally, ICE was focusing its efforts on coordinating with local law enforcement to see immigration retainers honored. Sanctuary cities like Los Angeles refuse to cooperate, though. That means federal authorities now have to go into communities and conduct on-site raids, and the moment politicians like Bass started crying foul, it was a foregone conclusion that Border Czar Tom Homan and company would only turn up the heat further.

If Democrats just stopped trying to obstruct the enforcement of immigration law, fewer of these large raids would be necessary. In other words, Bass and other left-wing officials are creating the very environment they decry. Even still, it's astonishing to see them go to bat for violent criminals. Does Bass want more rapes and murders in Los Angeles? If she doesn't, she should be helping federal immigration authorities, not grandstanding for the cameras and screaming at them for doing their jobs. They are making the city and the country safer, whether Bass likes it or not.

(07-07-2025 05:44 PM)TripleA Wrote:  You really don't like LE peeps, do you?

(07-07-2025 05:07 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  a successful 1983 action carries attorneys fees. Or a few others that provisions that carry attorneys fees when successfully moving forth a violation of Constitutional rights.

(07-07-2025 05:07 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  BOVINO: I don’t work for Karen Bass. Better get used to us now, cause this is going to be normal very soon. We will go anywhere, anytime we want in Los Angeles.

I guess Bovino needs to bone up on the 4th Amendment and the necessity of probable cause, or even the idea of ‘articulable suspicion.’

I know of not a small number of people preparing Federal lawsuits for unlawful detainer any the masked posse crowd. Bonginos comments above will be a great comment to land in front of a judge. Best thing is that a successful 1983 action carries attorneys fees. Or a few others that provisions that carry attorneys fees when successfully moving forth a violation of Constitutional rights.

I’m always a fan of dumb*** big man talk by cops and LE. Lolz.

Or I take it that perhaps the 4th is simply another small impediment to **** on in some folks’ view.

(07-07-2025 05:07 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  BOVINO: I don’t work for Karen Bass. Better get used to us now, cause this is going to be normal very soon. We will go anywhere, anytime we want in Los Angeles.

I guess Bovino needs to bone up on the 4th Amendment and the necessity of probable cause, or even the idea of ‘articulable suspicion.’

I know of not a small number of people preparing Federal lawsuits for unlawful detainer any the masked posse crowd. Bonginos comments above will be a great comment to land in front of a judge. Best thing is that a successful 1983 action carries attorneys fees. Or a few others that provisions that carry attorneys fees when successfully moving forth a violation of Constitutional rights.

I’m always a fan of dumb*** big man talk by cops and LE. Lolz.

Or I take it that perhaps the 4th is simply another small impediment to **** on in some folks’ view.

(07-07-2025 08:27 PM)TheOriginalBigApp Wrote:  ain't no kids playing in Macarthur Park

(07-07-2025 08:17 PM)banker Wrote:  

(07-07-2025 05:07 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  BOVINO: I don’t work for Karen Bass. Better get used to us now, cause this is going to be normal very soon. We will go anywhere, anytime we want in Los Angeles.

I guess Bovino needs to bone up on the 4th Amendment and the necessity of probable cause, or even the idea of ‘articulable suspicion.’

I know of not a small number of people preparing Federal lawsuits for unlawful detainer any the masked posse crowd. Bonginos comments above will be a great comment to land in front of a judge. Best thing is that a successful 1983 action carries attorneys fees. Or a few others that provisions that carry attorneys fees when successfully moving forth a violation of Constitutional rights.

I’m always a fan of dumb*** big man talk by cops and LE. Lolz.

Or I take it that perhaps the 4th is simply another small impediment to **** on in some folks’ view.

Bongino is a different person, not with Border Patrol. I expect an attorney to be precise and not make such sloppy errors.