When immigration agents came to the farm where he worked, Jaime Alanis tried to hide. Climbing to the roof of a greenhouse, while agents rounded up and arrested dozens of his coworkers below, Mr Alanis hoped to stay out of sight.

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.

George Retes told reporters he was manhandled by federal agents who broke his car window, damaged his vehicle and sprayed him with tear gas.