Border Patrol agents arrested at least one person, who a coworker said was delivering strawberries, outside of Gov. Gavin Newsom's event in Little Tokyo.

Dozens of U.S. Border Patrol agents showed up Thursday morning in downtown Los Angeles, where Gov. Gavin Newsom and other California political leaders were speaking at an event, and detained at least one person in the latest high-profile immigration enforcement operation in the city.

A group of masked U.S. Border Patrol agents showed up in trucks outside of the press conference at the Japanese American National Museum.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) criticized U.S. Border Patrol as “sick and pathetic” after armed agents made a show of force outside the governor’s Thursday press conference to announce retaliatory redistricting measures.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom often holds news conferences accompanied by state troopers, the California Highway Patrol. So it was unusual on Thursday, when Newsom was greeted by the Trump administration’s border patrol agents.

Border Patrol was “directed, clearly by the White House, as a political operation to make a point,” Newsom said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents showed up outside of a Los Angeles press conference held by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday morning, amid escalating tensions between Newsom and President Donald Trump.

U.S. Border Patrol agents were in downtown LA, steps away from where Gov. Gavin Newsom was set to unveil a new redistricting plan.