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.

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".

The Border Patrol began conducting operations in Sacramento on Thursday, as two federal court rulings have ordered them to stop warrantless raids.