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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.
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.
One person has died from "injuries they sustained as a result of yesterday's immigration enforcement action" in California, United Farm Workers said on Friday. Federal agents clashed with protesters during an immigration raid at a farm in Ventura, one of at least two large-scale raids in Southern California on Thursday.
The notable increase in ICE arrests throughout the country now has the numbers to prove it, according recent reports.
A San Francisco police chief said this week that the police department may need to help keep the peace between ICE agents and protesters.
The FBI offered a $50,000 reward for a person who appeared to point and fire a weapon at federal law enforcement officers in Southern California on Thursday.
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.