Community leaders suggested starting a $500,000 emergency relief fund for local businesses that are struggling to staff their stores and restaurants.

A day after federal officers and National Guard troops descended on MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, immigrant residents of the surrounding neighborhood were coming to grips with the operation that local officials said seemed designed to sow fear.

MacArthur Park on Monday morning triggered swift backlash from California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who condemned the operation as politically motivated and disruptive to the city’s most vulnerable communities.