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U.S. Border Patrol brokers had a robust presence outdoors an anti-Trump rally by California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in Los Angeles on Thursday. The brokers made at the least one arrest.
Newsom, who’s rumored to have presidential aspirations and has turn into one of the vital outspoken critics of President Donald Trump, held the occasion, which he labeled “Liberation Day,” to announce plans to reply to the GOP’s redistricting push in Texas.
In a social media put up shortly earlier than the rally, Newsom predicted that “Donald Trump and [Texas Governor] Greg Abbott are going to have a really dangerous day at the moment.”
Video taken by native affiliate Fox 11 and obtained by Fox Information confirmed what gave the impression to be over a dozen armed and masked Border Patrol brokers simply outdoors the rally. The brokers could possibly be seen main a person away in handcuffs as onlookers shouted angrily.
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U.S. Border Patrol brokers had a robust presence outdoors an anti-Trump rally by California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in Los Angeles on Thursday. The brokers made at the least one arrest. ( Fox 11 LA; Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Occasions by way of Getty Photos)
Talking with Fox 11, Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino defined, “We’re right here making Los Angeles a safer place.”
“Since we received’t have politicians who will try this, we try this ourselves. So, that’s why we’re right here at the moment. As you’ll be able to see, already making it a safer place,” stated Bovino.
The Border Patrol chief added, “We’re glad to be right here, not going anyplace.”
Requested what his message to Newsom was, Bovino answered: “Once more, we’re making Los Angeles a safer place, we’re going to proceed to do this, they usually can take that one to the financial institution and money it.”
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Marines and police stand outdoors the Metropolitan Detention Middle on Friday, July 4, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph/Jill Connelly)
In response to the federal brokers’ presence, Newsom’s workplace emailed Fox Information Digital a press release in all-capital letters, “WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY WEAK LITTLE DONALD TRUMP, THE CRIMINAL PRESIDENT!”
In the course of the occasion, Newsom’s press group posted on X that “TRUMP’S PRIVATE ARMY IS ILLEGALLY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY!!!!”
Throughout his remarks, Newsom acknowledged the federal brokers, saying, “Proper outdoors at this precise second are dozens and dozens of ICE brokers.”
“Do you suppose it is coincidental?” he remarked. “Donald Trump and his minions, Tom Homan, powerful man. Determined, coincidentally or not, that this was a location to advance ICE arrests. Indiscriminate? Maybe. we’ll discover out later.”
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Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom (Justin Sullivan/Getty Photos)
“Get up, America. it is a critical second. Get up to what is going on on. Get up to the worry, nervousness. Get up to what’s taking place. Not simply right here in Los Angeles, the place we noticed our streets militarized, the place we noticed our due course of rights thrown out the window,” he stated. “That is Trump’s America. That is the second we’re dwelling in. So, these are sober instances.”
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Fox Information Digital reached out to ICE and Border Patrol for remark however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
