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Heavily armed immigration agents descend on #MacArthurPark in #LosAngeles

By Melissa Gomez, Rachel Uranga, Brittny Mejia, Richard Winton and Ruben Vives
July 7, 2025 12:16 PM PT

"Dozens of immigration agents, some on horseback, others carrying rifles in armored vehicles, swept through MacArthur Park on Monday in an extraordinary show of force at the heart of Los Angeles’ #immigrant community.

"Heavily armored #BorderPatrol officers with a fleet of white minibuses partially blocked the streets surrounding the park, which has become a source of crime and drugs in the area in the last few years. #Activists with megaphones were able to warn locals at the park before the contingent arrived, according to police sources.

"The move comes days after President Trump signed a budget that will provide a mass infusion of funds to the Department of Homeland Security to ramp up its immigration enforcement to levels unseen before in the United States. Los Angeles has become the poster child of Trump’s mass deportation plan, as more than 1,600 people have been arrested between June 6 and 22.

"The agents appeared to arrive around 10:30 a.m. after amassing at nearby locations. Once they were at the park, they were met with crowds of people screaming 'get the f— out!' and 'get out!' #MayorKarenBass also showed up to the park, which sits just west of downtown Los Angeles. Activists, who have been on high alert for weeks, appeared to be prepared to deploy lawyers to the scene.

"At some point, Assistant Chief Patrol Agent David Kim handed his cellphone to Bass. Speaking to the other person over the line she could be heard saying, 'You’re getting ready to leave? Can you leave ASAP?'

"Demonstrators began to chant, drowning out her conversation. When asked to comment, Bass said the federal immigration agents needed 'to leave and they need to leave right now, they need to leave because this is unacceptable.'

"When asked who she was talking to on the other end of the line she said it was 'the head of customs.'

"Bass handed the phone back to a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Shortly afterward, she boarded a black SUV and left the area.

"It’s unclear if anyone was arrested during the sweep.

" 'This was just one big, perverse publicity stunt,' said #RonGochez, a member of #UniónDelBarrio, an independent political organization advocating for immigrant rights and social justice. 'It was just to show force, it was just to take pictures.'

"The chaos on #WilshireBoulevard around MacArthur Park had mostly calmed by 11:30 a.m., though a few protesters and members of the news media lingered afterward.

"Mikema Nahmir, 28, said he was out for his morning walk at 11 a.m. when he saw two women running down the street yelling that '#LaMigra' was at MacArthur Park.

"Nahmir joined the group of #protesters who chased and yelled after the #military-style trucks. At one point, he said, someone from the truck shot out an #irritant toward him and another protester.

" 'L.A. is ours, this is our city,' Nahmir said. 'This is what my morning walk turned into. They’re terrorizing our neighborhood.'

"Live video from the scene Monday morning broadcast on social media showed a line of white vans that have been used to transport arrestees as well as several agents on horseback. Agents cleared the scene by 11:20 a.m. and it was not immediately clear how many people they had taken into custody.

"U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Greg Bovino, who has been leading the operations on the ground in Los Angeles, was present during the operation.

"Bovino, who is based near the U.S.-Mexico border along with others in the Trump administration, was sued last week by immigrant rights groups seeking to block what it calls an 'ongoing pattern and practice of flouting the #Constitution and federal law' during immigration raids. They say raids have targeted individuals based on race, lack #DueProcess and some practices are akin to #kidnapping rather than legal enforcement. A hearing is set for later this week in federal court.

"Asked for comment on whether any arrests had been made, a senior DHS official, said, 'We don’t comment on ongoing enforcement operations.' "

latimes.com/california/story/2

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. JULY 7, 2025 - Federal immigration agents near MacArthur Park in the Westlake area on July 7, 2025. (Carlin Steihl / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times · Heavily armed immigration agents descend on L.A.'s MacArthur ParkBy Melissa Gomez

#Texas #BorderPatrol

"A suspect is dead after opening fire at the entrance of the Border Patrol sector annex in McAllen, Texas, on Monday morning, authorities said.

The suspect, identified as 27-year-old Ryan Louis Mosqueda, fired at the federal building that houses the U.S. Border Patrol offices at the McAllen International Airport, McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said at a news conference. The suspect never made it inside the building but fired 'many, many rounds at the building,' Rodriguez said"

yahoo.com/news/suspect-dead-ac

Yahoo News · Suspect dead after opening fire on entrance of Texas Border Patrol buildingBy MIREYA VILLARREAL and LUKE BARR
What you’re seeing in the #USA right now is a great reminder that the tools of an #authoritarian state weren’t invented by the #fascists currently drooling over them.

They were built ahead of time by people who always claimed they needed them to protect #Democracy. Massive #surveillance databases from #Palantir and friends. Sweeping powers for #BorderPatrol and #ICE.

All those handy instruments of control were already lying around, just waiting for someone with fewer scruples to actually use them.
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Public Land on the U.S.-Mexico Border (includes Tribal land)
September 14, 2021

"Prior to American and Mexican control, much of the region that would come to be known as the borderlands had been inhabited for thousands of years by various #NativeAmerican peoples such as the #TohonoOodham, the #Cocopah, and many others. Following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 and the Gadsden Purchase in 1853, the U.S.-Mexico border cut right through these and other tribal homelands. The governments of both countries relegated the once wide-ranging tribes to much smaller pieces of land along the border, where many of these groups still reside.These tribes value the land along the border for the historical and cultural connections they have in this region."

pehc.colostate.edu/2021/09/pub

pehc.colostate.eduPublic Land on the U.S.-Mexico Border - Public and Environmental History Center | Colorado State University

WTF! After decades in the US, #Iranians arrested in #Trump’s deportation drive

By KIM CHANDLER, CLAIRE RUSH and ELLIOT SPAGAT
Updated 11:59 PM EDT, June 28, 2025

"Mandonna 'Donna' Kashanian lived in the United States for 47 years, married a U.S. citizen and raised their daughter. She was gardening in the yard of her New Orleans home when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers handcuffed and took her away, her family said.

"Kashanian arrived in 1978 on a student visa and applied for asylum, fearing retaliation for her father’s support of the U.S.-backed shah. She lost her bid, but she was allowed to remain with her husband and child if she checked in regularly with immigration officials, her husband and daughter said. She complied, once checking in from South Carolina during #HurricaneKatrina. She is now being held at an immigration #DetentionCenter in #BasileLouisiana, while her family tries to get information.

"Other Iranians are also getting arrested by immigration authorities after decades in the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security won’t say how many people they’ve arrested, but U.S. military strikes on Iran have fueled fears that there is more to come.

" 'Some level of vigilance, of course, makes sense, but what it seems like ICE has done is basically give out an order to round up as many Iranians as you can, whether or not they’re linked to any threat and then arrest them and deport them, which is very concerning,' said Ryan Costello, policy director of the National Iranian American Council, an advocacy group.

"#HomelandSecurity did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment on Kashanian’s case but have been touting arrests of Iranians. The department announced the arrests of at least 11 Iranians on immigration violations during the weekend of the U.S. missile strikes. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said, without elaborating, that it arrested seven Iranians at a Los Angeles-area address that 'has been repeatedly used to harbor illegal entrants linked to #terrorism.' "

apnews.com/article/iran-immigr

In this undated photo provided by her daughter, Mandonna "Donna" Kashanian, 64, holds up a champagne glass. (Kaitlynn Milne via AP)
AP News · Iranians who've been in the US for decades are being arrested in Trump deportation driveSome Iranians are getting arrested by immigration authorities after living decades in the United States. The Homeland Security Department hasn't released numbers but the National Iranian American Council, an advocacy group, says there has has been a surge of arrests. Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian lived in the United States for 47 years before being piked up by immigration officers this month in New Orleans. Like other Iranians, she has faced the possibility of being deported to Iran before, because of severed diplomatic relations with the U.S. Now the future appears more uncertain.

look at these fuckers wearing NVGs with their regalia, fucking LARPers #GESTAPO #HomeInvasion #BROWNSHIRTS

Video shows federal agents blast their way into Huntington Park home of U.S. Citizens
A resident described a harrowing morning during a raid at her home. Lauren Coronado reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Friday June 27, 2025.
#ICE #Larp #BorderPatrol
nbclosangeles.com/on-air/video

NBC Southern California · Video shows federal agents blast their way into Huntington Park homeA resident described a harrowing morning during a raid at her home. Lauren Coronado reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Friday June 27, 2025.

Trump’s ICE Agents Are Arresting US Citizens. GOP Budget Would Hire 10,000 More.

Billions of dollars for ICE and border patrol in Trump’s budget bill would supercharge the chaotic crackdown.

voices.murica.website/mike-lud

voices.murica.websiteTrump’s ICE Agents Are Arresting US Citizens. GOP Budget Would Hire 10,000 More. – The USA Potato
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Via #LLRX - @psuPete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 15, 2025. llrx.com/2025/06/pete-recommen
Four highlights from this week: Protect Yourself #Online; Study: #OpenAI Has Been #Breached More Than 1000 Times; #Feds warn: Hang up on #phone #scammers pretending to be #borderpatrol agents; and #Cybercriminals Are Hiding #Malicious #Web Traffic in Plain Sight. #cybercrime #cybersecurity #breaches #internet #malicious

U.S. #BorderPatrol Harasses #TohonoOodham Community on Birthday of Murdered #RaymondMattia

By #OfeliaRivas, Tohono O'odham, #CensoredNews, May 18, 2025

GU-VO District, Tohono O'odham Nation -- "Harassment on Ray's birthday and a cultural meeting.

"It's continuous intimidation warfare tactics on the community,

"Also there is a death in the community.

"They told the district officials that there was suspicious activities going on. We are preparing for the cultural meeting, getting firewood.

"The family lost a young man in his 30's, we're in sad mourning."

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bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/05

bsnorrell.blogspot.comU.S. Border Patrol Harasses Tohono O'odham Community on Birthday of Murdered Raymond MattiaCensored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.