Advocates pulled up with a flatbed truck and a bullhorn. There were lawyers, video streamers filming and a large federal presence. The day ended with a union leader arrested, agents throwing gas canisters and what became the kickoff of an unprecedented showdown.

Border Patrol in Sacramento arrested 11 illegal migrants during a raid at a Home Depot parking lot — including one man with 67 prior bookings in California since 1986.

A rally against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics drew about 25 people to the Border Patrol station in Indio.

He says federal agents never told him why he was arrested nor allowed him to contact a lawyer or his family during his three-day detention.

Authorities executed criminal search warrants in Carpinteria and Camarillo, California, on Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security said.

A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work