Mayor Karen Bass pledged to do “whatever it takes” to protect all Angelenos from ICE raids while admitting the city may not be able to keep the sanctuary status.

Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday demanded federal agents leave the scene at a MacArthur Park immigration raid.

Fifteen workers were trapped after a tunnel collapsed in Wilmington, Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed no injuries yet and has deployed over 100 responders to the scene, which is six miles from the tunnel's only access.

(Reuters) -All 31 workers have been rescued after an industrial tunnel collapsed in Los Angeles' Wilmington area, city officials said late on Wednesday. The tunnel that collapsed had a diameter of 18 ft (5.

Federal authorities have not explained the point of the exercise. But local authorities believe it was to sow fear as part of a continuing crackdown on the “sanctuary city” that has stood up to President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration agenda.

Back in May, congressional Republicans and the Department of Homeland Security got their feelings hurt when Minnesota Gov.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass sparked a social media firestorm on Monday after she attempted to stop ICE agents from conducting a raid at a park known for criminal activity.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday that the agency would consider arresting Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass after she showed up and attempted to interfere with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers conducting raids in the city this week.