全副武装的联邦边境特工和美国军队于1960年突袭麦克阿瑟公园洛杉矶周一下午，作为移民突击检查的一部分，这次检查似乎基本上是空的。
洛杉矶市长卡伦·巴斯(Karen Bass)表示，包括90名武装部队和17辆军用悍马(Humvees)在内的这次行动取代了一个夏日营地，他说，这次行动的唯一目的似乎是“挑起恐惧和恐怖的政治议程”
“对我来说，这是政府在美国城市部署看起来像军事行动的又一个例子，”巴斯说。
根据国防部在X上的一个帖子，美国军事人员在地面上是为了确保联邦特工的安全。
国防部写道:“我们将保护联邦执法机构，并通过建立安全边界来提供帮助。”。
加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽瑟姆在新闻发布会上讨论了今年早些时候摧毁该市的野火的恢复情况，称这次行动为“剧院”
“真丢人，麦克阿瑟公园发生的一切。什么剧院。毕竟，在这些火灾的六个月纪念日，这是来自美国总统被污染的心灵，来自[白宫副幕僚长]斯蒂芬·米勒被污染的心灵的信息，”纽瑟姆说。
目前还不清楚目标是谁或什么。巴斯发布了一段特工的视频，一些人骑着马，在她所谓的“冲突线”中穿过几乎空无一人的公园。
市长说她不相信有人被拘留，“但话说回来，我不认为目标是拘留。我认为目标是传播恐惧。我想就是这样。是为了恐吓洛杉矶人。这是对在我们这个移民城市的移民说，他们需要呆在家里，他们不应该去工作，他们不应该去上学，因为我们会跟着你们。”
搜查几个小时后，联邦当局没有说他们为什么在公园，或者他们在找什么，或者是否有任何人被捕。
国防部官员曾表示，部署军队是为了建立一个安全防线，保护联邦执法官员免受潜在的敌对人群的攻击。
所有参与行动的部队都是加州国民警卫队的现役成员。
官员们说，这次行动包括大约17辆悍马，四辆军用货运卡车和两辆军用救护车。
武装部队在突袭前被告知，如果需要，他们可以保护自己和联邦雇员。官员们说，如果一个人是一个威胁，军队可以在将他们移交给执法部门之前短暂拘留此人。
今年夏天早些时候，特朗普根据一项名为第10条的法律，在加州部署了约4700名士兵，该法律允许使用军事力量保护联邦人员和联邦财产。
US troops on the ground in LA immigration enforcement operation, DOD says
Heavily armed federal border agents and U.S. troops descended upon MacArthur Park inLos Angeleson Monday afternoon as part of an immigration raid that appeared to turn up mostly empty.
The operation, which included 90 armed troops and 17 military Humvees, displaced a summer day camp, according to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who said the only point of the operations appeared to be "a political agenda of provoking fear and terror."
"To me, this is another example of the administration ratcheting up chaos by deploying what looked like a military operation in an American city," Bass said.
According to a post on X by the Defense Department, U.S. military personnel were on the ground to ensure the safety of federal agents.
“We will protect federal law enforcement and assist by establishing a security perimeter,” DOD wrote.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, speaking at a news conference to discuss recovery from the wildfires that devastated the city earlier this year, called the operation "theater."
“What a disgrace, what's happening in MacArthur Park. What theater. On the six-month anniversary, after all, of these fires -- that's the message from the polluted heart of the President of the United States, the polluted heart of [White House Deputy Chief of Staff] Stephen Miller,” Newsom said.
It was not immediately clear who or what was targeted. Bass posted a video of agents, some on horseback, moving in what she called a "skirmish line" across the mostly empty park.
The mayor said she didn't believe anyone was detained, "but then again, I don't think the goal is to detain. I think the goal is to spread fear. I think that's what it is. It's to terrorize Angelenos. It's to say to immigrants that are in our city of immigrants that they need to stay home, they shouldn't go to work, they shouldn't go to school, because we're coming after you."
Hours after the raid, federal authorities wouldn't say why they were at the park or what they were looking for, or if any arrests were made.
Defense officials had said the troops were deployed to set up a security perimeter to protect federal law enforcement officials against potentially hostile crowds.
All of the troops involved in the operation were activated members of the California National Guard.
The operation included some 17 Humvees, four military cargo trucks and two military ambulances, officials said.
The armed troops were told in advance of the raid that they could defend themselves and federal employees if needed. If a person was a threat, the troops could detain the individual briefly before handing them off to law enforcement, officials said.
Earlier this summer, Trump deployed some 4,700 troops to California under a law known as Title 10, which allows the use of military forces to protect federal personnel and federal property.
