Hundreds arrested in immigration raid at 2 California farms
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations–Greater Los Angeles Area (CAIR-LA) condemned the largest single-day immigration enforcement action in California history, which resulted in the death of a farmworker and the mass detention of about 200 people,
The Trump administration's sweeping immigration raids in Southern California faced a legal roadblock on Friday, as the White House looks to ramp up similar operations across the country using a surge of resources recently approved by Congress.
The confrontation highlights deepening divisions between local government leaders and federal authorities over the enforcement of immigration law.
A Times analysis of videos and interviews with police, protesters and legal experts found that officers misused 40-mm sponge rounds at immigration-raid protests.