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California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks about the “Election Rigging Response Act” at a press conference at the Democracy Center, Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, Calif., on Aug. 14, 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has filed an official open records request to the Trump administration seeking information about a federal immigration enforcement operation that took place outside the venue where the governor was holding a press conference on Aug. 14.

The California governor filed a formal Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for all documents, communications, and records from the Trump administration about the deployment of federal agents outside the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.