U.S. Border Patrol agents maintained a visible presence outside an anti-Trump rally hosted by California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in Los Angeles on Thursday, making at least one arrest.

Newsom — rumored to harbor presidential ambitions and one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal critics — staged the event, dubbed “Liberation Day,” to unveil his plans for countering the GOP’s redistricting effort in Texas.

In a social media post just ahead of the rally, Newsom, who is widely seen as a potential 2028 Democratic presidental contender, predicted that “Donald Trump and [Texas Governor] Greg Abbott are going to have a very bad day today.”

Video captured by local affiliate Fox 11 and obtained by Fox News showed more than a dozen armed, masked Border Patrol agents positioned just outside the rally. Continues…