Federal immigration agents seeking to detain a Honduran landscaper chased him into a Southern California surgical center and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff as clinic staff demanded to see identification and a warrant.

“The idea that people who are dressed as if they’re robbing a liquor store are running around grabbing Californians and throwing them into unmarked vehicles and taking them God knows where — it’s like a dystopian nightmare,” Wiener told Playbook. “We need to be aggressive and decisive in trying to put a stop to it.”

California has six privately operated immigration detention centers. Two of these — Golden State Annex in McFarland and Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield — are also located in Kern County and run by The Geo Group, another private prison operator.

Demonstrators in San Francisco, Calif., attempted to block ICE agents from moving detainees from an immigration courthouse to a waiting van. KNTV's Thom Jensen reports.

It’s also unclear if other California State Universtiy campuses in the Los Angeles region or elsewhere in the state will be offering similar accommodations. The Cal State L.A. and the CSU system have previously offered remote options during the pandemic and wildfires and given the option to students on military deployment.

A Los Angeles judge will hear arguments on whether to grant restraining orders against ICE over alleged constitutional violations during immigration arrests in California.

Here's what Bishop Alberto Rojas' decree says, and how other religious leaders in California have addressed the immigrant community recently.

Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrants, has been a leading voice for immigration reform in Congress. On June 12, he got national attention when he was handcuffed by law enforcement officials after he tried to ask a question at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Los Angeles news conference.