Editor’s note: KTLA reached out to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for comment multiple times prior to publication. As of publishing, DHS has not responded. KTLA will update this article with any new information as it becomes available.
Federal agents were spotted near MacArthur Park in the Westlake district on Monday as part of an apparent immigration raid.
KTLA’s Rich Prickett reports that he spotted Department of Homeland Security and military vehicles on site.
He also counted at least four white vans similar to the types of vehicles federal agents have recently been using to transport people to jails and detention sites.
The Los Angeles Police Department told KTLA they are not assisting in the federal actions, though officers were present for crowd control.
The National Guard has sent about 90 troops to defend the federal agents, the Associated Press reports.
Sofia Pop Perez and Luis Zuniga contributed to this report.
