Trump’s DHS Cracks Down In LA, Illegals Rounded Up in Bold Operation
The Department of Homeland Security launched a surprise operation to enforce immigration laws in Los Angeles on Wednesday, arresting 16 illegal immigrants tied to a region that federal agents say is gripped by MS-13 gang control.
Dubbed “Operation Trojan Horse,” the raid began around 7 a.m. near a Home Depot on Wilshire Boulevard by MacArthur Park — the same location where a previous June sweep drew national attention, Fox News LA report
Video from the scene shows federal agents bursting from the back of a Penske moving truck and sprinting toward a group of individuals gathered near a street food stand. The crowd immediately scattered as agents moved in.
According to a DHS spokesperson, 16 undocumented migrants were detained. The individuals are originally from Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua. No further details were immediately provided about their criminal histories or immigration status, but DHS officials made clear the area is plagued by gang activity that threatens public safety.
“This area has a known MS-13 chokehold,” one DHS official told Fox News, justifying the enforcement presence.
Penske Truck Rental, whose vehicle was used in the operation, quickly distanced itself from the raid, stating it “strictly prohibits” transporting people in the cargo areas of its trucks and had no prior knowledge of DHS using its equipment.
“Penske will reach out to DHS and reinforce its policy to avoid improper use of its vehicles in the future,” the company said.
Despite ongoing legal challenges from pro-illegal immigration activists, Wednesday’s raid was not blocked by a recent federal court ruling that temporarily restricted warrantless detentions. That ruling, issued last month by a federal judge, criticized DHS for allegedly conducting “roving” patrols and detaining individuals based on ethnicity or occupation rather than legal cause.
The Biden-appointed judge’s ruling also required the government to give access to legal counsel for detainees — a move seen by many as an attempt to tie the hands of federal agents and slow down deportations.
The Biden Justice Department appealed the restraining order, but a three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit refused to pause the ruling. The case is expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Nevertheless, the legal pushback did not halt Wednesday’s operation. U.S. Attorney for Los Angeles Bill Essayli took to X to celebrate the enforcement effort.
“For those who thought immigration enforcement had stopped in Southern California, think again,” Essayli wrote. “The enforcement of federal law is not negotiable, and there are no sanctuaries from the reach of the federal government.”
The raid follows a massive June 6 operation in the same neighborhood where around 100 federal agents detained multiple individuals. That sweep prompted Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to confront the agents on site.
“They need to leave, and they need to leave right now. They need to leave because this is unacceptable,” Bass shouted at agents, reinforcing her opposition to immigration enforcement.
That day, coordinated raids took place at seven locations across Los Angeles, sparking mass protests by evening. Some demonstrators became violent, prompting the Los Angeles Police Department to declare an unlawful assembly and issue a citywide tactical alert.
SkyFOX video captured dozens of LAPD officers in riot gear forming skirmish lines outside the Royal Federal Building downtown as protesters hurled objects and advanced toward the structure.
Footage showed clashes between officers and demonstrators. Tear gas and pepper spray were deployed as protesters used hammers to break concrete and spray-painted “F*** ICE” across city property.
According to LAPD, some protesters began throwing chunks of concrete at officers as the crowd escalated.
With President Trump now back in office and cracking down on sanctuary policies, DHS has made it clear that immigration enforcement is returning — and no city, no activist mayor, and no protest mob will stand in the way.
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Obama Accuses JD Vance Of Promoting ‘Blood And Soil’ Politics
Former President Barack Obama rarely mentions Vice President JD Vance by name, but that changed this week with one of his sharpest public attacks since Vance took office.
The comments immediately fueled speculation that Democrats are beginning to focus more attention on the vice president as Republicans look ahead to the post-Trump era.
Speaking Thursday during a conversation with author Malcolm Gladwell, Obama accused Vance of promoting what he described as a “blood and soil” vision of America, despite being married to Usha Vance, the daughter of Indian immigrants.
Obama made the remarks while discussing the Reconstruction era and arguing that many of the same debates over citizenship, voting rights and national identity continue today.
“We have a politics now that at least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people,” Obama said.
“When you have the vice president, current vice president, making a speech that is basically a blood and soil version of ‘We the people,’ that it matters who your parents were and how long they’ve been here despite him being married to a daughter of an immigrant himself.”
The phrase “blood and soil” is historically associated with Nazi Germany and white nationalist ideology.
Obama went on to argue that debates over who belongs in America remain central to the nation’s politics.
“That echoes, then, ideas about who can be a citizen, who belongs, who gets to make decisions,” he said.
Gladwell followed by accusing Vance of hypocrisy, arguing that the vice president was making what he called a nativist argument despite his own family’s immigrant background.
Obama agreed.
“That is progress,” Obama said.
“Listen, hypocrisy is progress. It is, because it means that you feel guilty enough to either lie to yourself or others.”
Fox News Digital reported that it reached out to Vance’s office for comment.
Obama did not identify the specific speech he was criticizing, but Vance’s most recent nationally televised remarks came during Independence Day celebrations marking America’s 250th birthday.
In that speech, Vance encouraged Americans to reject what he called a “two-dimensional view” of the country focused only on its historical failures.
“So what I’d ask you to do, my fellow Americans, on our 250th birthday, is to reject the two-dimensional view of your fellow citizens and reject the two-dimensional view of your country,” Vance said.
“Reject the view of your nation that sees only its sins, but not its grace and its greatness.”
He also emphasized that America’s accomplishments were achieved by “a common people working towards a common future.”
Obama has generally avoided making Vance a regular target since the vice president took office.
One notable exception came during the 2024 presidential campaign when then-Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.
Without naming Vance directly, Obama contrasted Harris’ choice with the Republican ticket.
“When a presidential candidate chooses a running mate, it says a lot about who they are and what kind of president they’ll be,” Obama said at the time, Fox News reported.
Political observers have increasingly discussed Vance as a potential frontrunner for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination, though he has not announced any plans to run.
Against that backdrop, Obama’s unusually direct criticism is likely to fuel speculation that some Democrats are beginning to sharpen their message against a politician they view as a likely future standard-bearer for the Republican Party. While no Democratic leaders have publicly described their strategy in those terms, prominent figures often begin drawing contrasts with potential future rivals well before a presidential campaign officially begins.
Whether that proves to be the case remains to be seen, but Obama’s remarks marked one of his most pointed critiques of Vance to date and ensured the vice president once again found himself at the center of the national political conversation.
