A rally against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics drew about 25 people to the Border Patrol station in Indio.

Advocates pulled up with a flatbed truck and a bullhorn. There were lawyers, video streamers filming and a large federal presence. The day ended with a union leader arrested, agents throwing gas canisters and what became the kickoff of an unprecedented showdown.

Border Patrol in Sacramento arrested 11 illegal migrants during a raid at a Home Depot parking lot — including one man with 67 prior bookings in California since 1986.

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.

He says federal agents never told him why he was arrested nor allowed him to contact a lawyer or his family during his three-day detention.

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

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.

A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work