George Retes said he was arriving to work when several agents surrounded his car on July 10. Despite identifying himself, he said the agents broke his window, pepper sprayed him, and dragged him out.

Masked Border Patrol agents on Thursday raided a Home Depot parking lot in south Sacramento. At least one U.S. citizen was taken into custody, according to a woman who said it was her husband. It’s unclear how many others were detained.

In an image from video, Andrea Castillo yells at a U.S. Border Patrol officer as her husband Jose is detained after he was pepper sprayed at the Florin Road Home Depot in south Sacramento on Thursday, July 17, 2025. Courtesy of Christine Salas

The manager of one farm, Edgar Rodriguez, a U.S. citizen, said he was handcuffed, thrown to the ground and had his arm twisted behind his back after he asked to see a warrant.

Reports flooded social media of federal agents arriving at a Glass House Farms facility outside the city of Camarillo

The Central Valley is home to hotly-contested seats in both the House of Representatives and California Legislature. Some state Republican lawmakers in a letter last month urged the president to direct immigration authorities “to avoid the kinds of sweeping raids that instill fear and disrupt the workplace,” including farms.

The vice mayor of Cudahy is apologizing for a video she posted to social media last month apparently encouraging gang members to organize amid immigration raids in Southern California. This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on July 16,

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended last week’s immigration raid on a California marijuana farm where protesters clashed with federal officers. Authorities arrested about 360 people across two farms owned by the same company.