The raid resulted in little more than an empty park and increased tensions between the federal government and Los Angeles’s mayor.

Armored vehicles, mounted officers and armed troops briefly swarmed MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on July 7, 2025.

Gavin Newsom in Pasadena when she was alerted to an immigration enforcement operation at MacArthur Park in L.A.'s Westlake District. She directed her driver to turn around and head toward the park, where she demanded that the operation end.