California politicians reacted to the U.S. Border Patrol's immigration raid leading to the arrest of 12 individuals in Sacramento on Thursday. The immigration operation took place at a Home Depot parking lot in south Sacramento and was carried out by armed and masked agents.

An early morning immigration enforcement operation at a Home Depot in South Sacramento is drawing concern from community members, legal experts, and state leaders alike. The words “chaos” and “confusion” were words used to describe the operation as hundreds gathered at the State Capitol in part for the nationwide ‘Good Trouble’ protests,

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