Federal immigration agents carried out immigration sweeps at two Southern California cannabis farms on Thursday, prompting a heated standoff between authorities and several hundred protesters at a Ventura County site that resulted in several arrests and injuries.

California surgical center staff confronted ICE agents attempting to arrest a Honduran landscaper, with video showing employees blocking officers.

U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli skewered Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday for railing

Federal law enforcement officials fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters Thursday during a large immigration raid in Ventura County at one of California’s largest and most notable cannabis farms, according to a local mayor at the scene.

Immigration and Custom Enforcement ( ICE) agents temporarily detained a 71-year-old U.S. citizen in California, leaving her "traumatized." Barbara Stone on Wednesday was removed from a San Diego courthouse, which she attended to observe proceedings and the behavior of federal agents. An agent at the scene said she had pushed her.

Federal immigration agents seeking to detain a Honduran landscaper chased him into a Southern California surgical center and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff as clinic staff demanded to see identification and a warrant.

In a video clip, medical staff in blue scrubs tell an armed ICE agent to let go of a man who is crying and gasping for breath.

Federal authorities are planning to open California's largest immigration detention center at a former state prison in California City, Kern County. The facility, which can house 2,560 detainees, is located about an hour southeast of Bakersfield and was previously a state prison until its closure in 2024.

A disabled immigrant’s detention underscores the shift in asylum policies at the Mexico border since President Trump took office.

The FBI offered a $50,000 reward for a person who appeared to point and fire a weapon at federal law enforcement officers in Southern California on Thursday. The alleged shooting occurred in Camarillo,