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County supervisor suggested some of the masked men detaining residents across the region were not immigration officials, but rather “bad players” impersonating immigration enforcement.

But the events of the last few weeks — in which masked and badge-less federal agents have violently searched, detained and deported working-class immigrants across Los Angeles and the country — shook him deeply.

In a Bluesky post, Gwynne Hogan, a reporter for local news outlet The City, wrote that Lander was arrested by masked agents and taken into an elevator.

Standing by the passenger door, two federal agents were handcuffing a pregnant woman, a U.S. citizen, angering the crowd that had gathered there and prompting masked agents to stand guard with less-lethal weapons and batons.

He added that information about a child's gender identity would only be withheld or masked in "exceptional circumstances".