Authorities executed criminal search warrants in Carpinteria and Camarillo, California, on Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security said.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) announced that law enforcement officers nationwide are now federally authorized to enforce immigration laws through the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program.

Community organizers across Los Angeles remain active in their fight to protect undocumented community members.

A farm worker was in critical condition on Friday, his family said, after being injured during a raid by US immigration agents on a legal cannabis farm in California that resulted in the arrests of 200 undocumented migrants and clashes with protesters.

About 8 in 10 Americans, 79 percent, say immigration is “a good thing” for the country today, an increase from 64 percent a year ago and a high point in the nearly 25-year trend. Only about 2 in 10 US adults say immigration is a bad thing right now,

Narciso Barranco, the 48-year-old Tustin landscaper and father of three U.S. Marines who was punched in the head and detained by federal immigration agents last month — sparking a nationwide outcry — will be released on bond from the Adelanto U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center, a supporter said.

The federal government certified the agency to enforce immigration laws under the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g) program. The key difference between the FDLE’s agreement and other participating municipalities,

U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon last week ruled that a 24-year-old Mexican asylum seeker was detained unlawfully outside of Portland immigration court on June 5.