Mayor Confronts ICE

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Rachel Stevenson
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Well, here we go again. Another day in Los Angeles, another round of taxpayer-funded theatrics from the Mayor’s Office.

This time, it’s Karen Bass herself rushing to the scene of an ICE raid—not to assist law enforcement or protect citizens—but to shout down federal agents as they target a park reportedly crawling with MS-13 gang members. You know, the kind of people most rational adults don’t want hanging around where their kids play.

But according to Mayor Bass, the real outrage isn’t the known criminal element setting up shop in MacArthur Park—it’s that ICE had the audacity to show up with the manpower and coordination necessary to do something about it. Military support, helicopters, boots on the ground. To most Americans, that sounds like the government finally doing its job. But to Bass? Apparently, it’s “unacceptable.”

That’s the word she used: unacceptable. Not to describe the violent gang presence in the heart of her city. Not to describe the fact that people are throwing projectiles at federal agents and slashing vehicle tires during a law enforcement operation. No—what’s unacceptable is that the feds dared to act without asking for her permission first.

And she wasn’t alone. Within minutes of the raid, protestors flooded the park—throwing objects, sabotaging vehicles, and making demands like they own the streets. One protestor, decked out in rainbow gear, yelled at officers to “Get out of my city!” as if a violent gang turf is their safe space now. The scene looked less like civil disobedience and more like a bad cosplay of the CHAZ zone in Seattle circa 2020.

But here’s the kicker. After the raid, instead of standing with law enforcement or asking basic questions like, “Hey, are there actual MS-13 members in this park?”—Bass got on the phone to chew out the Border Patrol. Luckily, Chief Agent Gregory Bovino gave her a reply that most Americans would have tattooed on their foreheads if they could: “I don’t work for Karen Bass.” Boom. Mic drop.

Bovino continued, “Better get used to us now, ‘cause this is going to be normal very soon.” Translation: If city leaders won’t do their job, the federal government will. And not a moment too soon.

Now, for those with short memories, Los Angeles already had its anti-ICE temper tantrum phase back in June. Riots, arrests, curfews, all sparked by federal agents simply doing what they’ve been mandated to do—enforce immigration law. And let’s not forget the irony: Karen Bass called in a city-wide curfew to stop protests against the very agents she now vilifies. So which is it, Madam Mayor? When exactly does law enforcement become “acceptable”?

Meanwhile, Trump isn’t exactly sitting on the sidelines. He recently filed a lawsuit against L.A. over its sanctuary city policies—arguing, rather convincingly, that they violate the Constitution’s supremacy clause. And honestly, how is he wrong? If mayors can just veto federal law with a tweet, why have federal law at all?

But here’s where things get even more twisted.

Because when federal agents show up to remove violent criminals, it’s labeled as “militarized overreach.” Yet when those same criminals are terrorizing neighborhoods, trafficking drugs, and exploiting minors, city officials like Bass suddenly go silent—or worse, they roll out the red carpet for activist mobs to shut down the only people trying to make the city safer.

Ask yourself this: What happens when a city actively works against the very people trying to enforce the law?

And what if this is just the beginning?

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