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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano, Edward Helmore, Oliver Holmes and Robert Mackey

US immigration officials raid California farms as Trump ramps up conflict

farm workers pick leafy greens
Farm workers pick leafy greens in San Jacinto, California, last year. Photograph: Allen J Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

US immigration officials carried out further “enforcement activity” in California’s agricultural heartland and the Los Angeles area as the conflict between the state and Donald Trump’s administration intensified on Wednesday.

Immigrant advocacy groups reported multiple actions across the state, where an estimated 255,700 farm workers are undocumented, and said agents pursued workers through blueberry fields and staged operations at agricultural facilities.

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