Large-scale immigration raids at packinghouses and fields in California are threatening businesses that supply much of the country’s food, farm bureaus say.

A California mayor says there is no verified evidence that ICE agents are detaining caregivers in parks and separating them from children, pushing back against rumors.

Several people were detained in an immigration operation at the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet this weekend, according to swap meet officials. Video from the scene at 13963 Alondra Blvd. showed masked federal agents apprehending several people on Saturday, accompanied by armed U.S. Marines. It was unclear what further actions were taken.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reportedly been active in the Central Coast and the San Joaquin Valley, particularly in agricultural areas with farm fields and packinghouses, like Tulare, Fresno and Ventura counties.

LAPD and the counties of San Diego, Orange, and Riverside have repeatedly shared automated license plate reader data to federal agencies

The protest comes before leaders vote on whether or not to pass a budget that is expected to lock new undocumented immigrants out of Medi-Cal.

From activists praying on the frontlines to pastors on the pulpit, many say the immigrant-heavy faith community is in need of hope — and churches are meant to be that refuge.

Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday about the ICE raids happening in Los Angeles, as well as being forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference last week.

At one middle school ceremony, the principal announced he had families stationed outside to alert if him if ICE showed up.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Southern California on Saturday to voice their concerns over ongoing immigration raids and oppose the policies of President Trump, who they depicted as an aspiring monarch.