FBI & DHS Agents Descend on LA’s Skid Row in Voter Fraud Probe

Thursday, June 18, 2026, FBI agents and Homeland Security Investigations personnel descended on Skid Row in Los Angeles, and conducted interviews with homeless residents as part of a voter fraud probe tied to the June 2, 2026, statewide direct primary.

MacArthur Park Update #5 Last night, @DEALOSANGELES and @LAPDHQ conducted a joint narcotics operation in the MacArthur Park area and it sent a clear message: drug dealers are not welcome in our communities.

Six individuals were arrested on suspicion of narcotics sales. Federal and state laws were enforced.

This is part of a sustained, coordinated effort to dismantle the open-air drug markets that have plagued Los Angeles for too long. I want to commend our federal agents and the men and women of LAPD for their professionalism and dedication.

The people of Los Angeles deserve safe parks, safe streets, and safe neighborhoods. We are delivering on that promise. Law and order is being restored in Los Angeles.

The NY Post reported that about 20 agents “swooped in on the notoriously blighted area after homeless people staying there claimed they’d been bribed with cash to sign multiple registration forms, forge signatures, and fill out voter information for the mayoral and gubernatorial primaries.”

Agents questioned up to around 50 people near areas like 5th and Towne streets. The DOJ confirmed activity on a “criminal matter” but provided limited public details. No arrests from this specific sweep have been widely reported yet; it’s an active investigation, the Post reports.

The timing is interesting as the coordinated FBI/DHS probe came one day after the Los Angeles City Council voted in a charter amendment with the goal of allowing noncitizens to vote in citywide and Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) elections.

Supporters, including the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), argue the change addresses “taxation without representation.” CHIRLA head Angelica Salas said green card holders, DACA recipients, and other noncitizens pay taxes, send children to public schools, and live under the same local policies, so they deserve input on who represents them, the Globe reported this week.

As the California Globe has long documented, this latest push builds directly on Los Angeles’ commitment to sanctuary policies that shield illegal alien residents and thwart federal law.

“The FBI probe followed the emergence of shocking videos the week after Election Day of Skid Row residents claiming they were paid to vote for incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Nithya Raman,” the Post reported. Raman’s surge into second place, after initially trailing well behind change-agent candidate Spencer Pratt, came after an extraordinary tally in mail-in ballots.

In one of the clips, a man on Skid Row claimed he received $4 to vote for Bass.”

“Thank you cleaning up the hellhole that was MacArthur Park,” someone replied to Essayli on X.