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The alleged shooting occurred in Camarillo, in Ventura County, where protesters and federal agents were clashing over immigration raids, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said in a statement.
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.
A disabled immigrant’s detention underscores the shift in asylum policies at the Mexico border since President Trump took office.
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.
The notable increase in ICE arrests throughout the country now has the numbers to prove it, according recent reports.
Perris is predominantly Latino, with nearly 80% of its about 80,000 residents identifying as Hispanic or Latino, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Demonstrators in San Francisco, Calif., attempted to block ICE agents from moving detainees from an immigration courthouse to a waiting van. KNTV's Thom Jensen reports.
California has six privately operated immigration detention centers. Two of these - Golden State Annex in McFarland and Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield - are also located in Kern County and run by The Geo Group, another private prison operator.