President Donald Trump has granted federal immigration agents "total authorization" to defend themselves following clashes with protesters during a recent enforcement operation at a cannabis farm in California.

The study examined the financial consequences of federal immigration enforcement in California, home to over two million undocumented immigrants.

President Donald Trump directed Homeland Security to allow ICE agents to use "whatever means necessary" against protesters during operations at California cannabis farms.

A White House spokesperson has criticized the official who called on gangs to defend their neighborhoods from immigration agents.

The Central Valley is home to hotly-contested seats in both the House of Representatives and California Legislature. Some state Republican lawmakers in a letter last month urged the president to direct immigration authorities “to avoid the kinds of sweeping raids that instill fear and disrupt the workplace,” including farms.

The majority of new detainees at one Kern County facility in McFarland are immigrants with no criminal convictions, according to the latest data by ICE, mirroring a nationwide trend. Meanwhile, another detention facility in Bakersfield is at capacity, according to immigrant advocates.

The Trump administration is asking sheriffs in four California counties, including San Diego, to release the names of all noncitizen inmates in their jails, as well as information on the crimes for which they were arrested or convicted and their release dates, officials said Thursday.

Federal agents were met by dozens of protesters Thursday when they descended Glass House Farms in rural Camarillo, Calif., to conduct an immigration enforcement operation.

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