Mr Alanis's death, and the violent clashes that ensued at those cannabis farms, are the latest examples of the kind of chaos that has swept across southern California since the beginning of June, when immigration raids began to intensify in the region.

On the heels of major shows of force by federal immigration agents in Southern California, a judge is set to rule in a lawsuit seeking to halt immigration raids in Los Angeles.

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.