On the same day that Mayor Karen Bass and Westside leaders called for the end of immigration raids throughout the city, federal agents Thursday conducted a widespread operation in Little Tokyo.

U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement and Border Patrol agents began their operation in downtown, just outside the Japanese American Cultural Center in Little Tokyo, where Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a speech about a congressional redistricting map plan in response to Texas’ redistricting effort.

U.S. Border Patrol Sector Commander Gregory Bovino told reporters the agency was conducting roving immigration enforcement patrols in the area. One individual was taken into custody, Bovino said.

“Know we’re here making Los Angeles a safer place since we don’t have politicians that’ll do that. We do

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