Immigration Operation Results in Arrests at Home Depot in Sacramento
No such thing as a sanctuary city, no such thing as a sanctuary state.
Operations are underway in the #Sacramento area to interdict illegal activity and safeguard our nation through this Title 8 mission. We appreciate your continued support as we work to secure the homeland at… pic.twitter.com/0T6QC35S5m
— USBP Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino (@USBPChiefELC) July 17, 2025
Fox News was on the immigration enforcement operation in Sacramento:
BREAKING: We just rode along w/ Border Patrol as they conducted immigration enforcement in Sacramento, the capitol of the sanctuary state of California. Upon arrival at a Home Depot, suspected illegal aliens took off running in all directions. 10+ arrested. BP tells us records… pic.twitter.com/hI9fkpqWqk
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 17, 2025
My statement on this morning’s raid in South Sacramento: What occurred today was unacceptable. We must uphold the rights and dignity of our immigrant communities. pic.twitter.com/1nNzX1g5Vb
— Vice Mayor Karina Talamantes (@CM_Talamantes) July 17, 2025
The Sacramento Bee reports on the operation:
“Masked federal immigration agents arrested 12 people, including at least one U.S. citizen, [this] morning from the parking lot of a Home Depot store in south Sacramento — marking the first high-profile enforcement raid in the county. The incident, which was led by the U.S. Border Patrol and featured a Fox News camera crew, was reported about 8 a.m. at the Home Depot . . . . Masked agents from the Border Patrol El Centro Sector arrived at the parking lot and began `grabbing people and putting them into vehicles,’ according to the radio traffic from Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.”
Throughout California, the Trump administration has targeted Home Depots for immigration enforcement activities. Day laborers, including some undocumented immigrants, are known to seek work at or near the stores.
In April, a federal court in Sacramento enjoined the U.S. government from conducting warrantless immigration stops based on race. “The ruling came in response to an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit filed after the El Centro Border Patrol traveled to Kern County to conduct a three-day sweep in January, detaining day laborers, farm workers and others in a Home Depot parking lot, outside a convenience store and along a highway between orchards.” My guess is that the ACLU will seek to enforce the April injunction, which is similar to the one entered by a federal court in Los Angeles last week.
KJ