Federal agents were reportedly gathering for an immigration raid outside a press conference with California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Downtown Los Angeles.

Newsom had been scheduled to speak at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo at the time of the raid, per KTLA5.

Just outside in the Little Tokyo area, however, about 100 federal agents gathered , presumably for another immigration raid.

The Los Angeles Police Department warned of traffic impacts in the area as a result.

Newsom’s press office announced the intended raid on social media.

“BORDER PATROL HAS SHOWED UP AT OUR BIG BEAUTIFUL PRESS CONFERENCE! WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED!” it said.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told reporters that “there’s no way this was a coincidence,” asserting that the agents were the

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