ICE agents and National Guard troops arrived with horses and armored vehicles, with a black Department of Homeland Security helicopter at Los Angeles’s MacArthur Park.
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) told CNN the massive show of force was “appalling” and a “media stunt” meant to scare the migrant community:
I’ve heard that no one was actually detained, which makes us believe that this was more of a political and media stunt where they wanted to, I don’t know, capture footage of a show of force by having more than 100 federal agents in full gear…in military equipment, horseback, trucks — a show of force for what? Twenty-plus kids that were playing at a playground during summer camp, some young as as eight years old.
(Source: CNN via YouTube)