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.

The Assembly Public Safety Committee heard bills related to the identification of local, state and federal officers.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Vice President JD Vance traded quips over the Trump administration's mass deportation policies after the vice president's vacation to Disneyland.

WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) - Federal officials on Sunday defended President Donald Trump 's escalating campaign to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally, including a California farm raid that left one worker dead, and said the administration would appeal a ruling to halt some of its more aggressive tactics.