California Democratic congressman Jimmy Gomez accused U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of indiscriminately targeting Latino residents during an immigration operation near MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on 7 July. In a CNN interview aired Tuesday, Gomez said agents were “going after anybody that is Brown, that looks like me,” and warned that even U.S. citizens risked detention. He framed the raid as part of what he called President Donald Trump’s effort to use California as an example in a broader anti-immigrant agenda. Local officials also pushed back. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass visited the scene, demanded that federal agents leave and later denounced the raid as “absolutely outrageous.” Media outlets on the ground reported a heavy federal presence, including Border Patrol agents on horseback, but no arrests. ICE has not responded to requests for comment.