The majority of people held in the June immigration raids in Southern California were not criminals. Nearly half of them were Mexicans and most were men.

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

“Thanks to our troops who stepped up to answer the call, the lawlessness in Los Angeles is subsiding,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement Tuesday. “As such, the Secretary has ordered the release of 2,000 California National Guardsmen (79th IBCT) from the federal protection mission.”

Jaime Alanis Garcia died days after he fell 30 feet during a chaotic raid on Glass House Farms in Camarillo, according to his family.

As California works to recover from some of the most destructive wildfires in its history, a new report by The New York Times highlights how immigration enforcement operations are impeding cleanup and reconstruction efforts across the state.

VENTURA COUNTY, California ‒ Around 200 people were arrested when federal law enforcement officers executed criminal warrants at a farm near Camarillo and another in Carpinteria, according to a statement released July 11 by the Department of Homeland Security.

The manager of one farm, Edgar Rodriguez, a U.S. citizen, said he was handcuffed, thrown to the ground and had his arm twisted behind his back after he asked to see a warrant.