The operation, which took place in the Sacramento area, nearly 600 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, is the latest show of force from the Border Patrol in the state, which joined a full-cavalry raid in a Los Angeles park earlier this month.

The raid indicates a new strategy of going deeper into California after focusing on Southern California for several weeks.

Border Patrol agents raided a Home Depot in Sacramento on Thursday, alarming elected officials and prompting a searing rebuke from Gov. Gavin Newsom's office, who said they should do their jobs "at the border".