Operation Excalibur
MUST-READ: Ken Klippenstein Exposes ICE’s Militarized Operation in MacArthur Park
On July 7th, Los Angeles witnessed something chilling: armored vehicles, tactical agents in camouflage, and helicopters over MacArthur Park—not in response to violence or unrest, but as part of a choreographed federal ICE operation aimed squarely at immigrants and asylum seekers.
In his bombshell report, journalist Ken Klippenstein lays bare the truth behind“Operation Excalibur,” a federally planned show-of-force launched in one of the most vulnerable neighborhoods in LA. Drawing from leaked Pentagon documents and firsthand accounts, Klippenstein reveals that the operation wasn’t a misstep—it was deliberate political theater, designed to terrorize immigrant communities and test public tolerance for military-style enforcement on U.S. soil.
The Report’s Conclusion
“Similarly last month, when leadership discussed during a briefing the idea of having Guardsmen wear masks similar to ICE and CBP, rank-and-file members groaned at the stupidity and bad optics for the uniformed military. The Guard, they said, should be seen as members of the community, not shadowy interlopers.
Mayor Karen Bass, as if an interloper in her own city, rushed to MacArthur park in her own SUV motorcade and asked the feds to leave. Bass told the Los Angeles Times that the feds needed “to leave and they need to leave right now, they need to leave because this is unacceptable.”
The uniformed military I’ve spoken to seem to agree with her.
While military leadership is embracing the Washington-inspired mission, sources say, the rank-and-file see the California operation as more akin to Afghanistan: doomed to failure and ultimately withdrawal.”
This wasn’t about law and order. No arrests were made. No major criminal busts were executed. It was about optics—about fear. And it was carried out in broad daylight against families, vendors, and children in a public park.
If you’re wondering what Trump’s second term will look like under Stephen Miller’s blueprint of mass deportation—this is it.
Ken’s reporting is thorough, damning, and urgent. It connects the dots between authoritarian tactics and immigration policy, showing how ICE has become a tool of intimidation—not justice.
Read it. Share it. Remember it. Because the line between democracy and authoritarianism is being crossed in plain sight—and MacArthur Park was just the beginning.