Overview

• Roughly 315 Guard members originally sent to Los Angeles assisted the DEA on June 18 in executing a search warrant across a 787-acre marijuana operation near Thermal
• More than 500 personnel from federal agencies including ICE, CBP, FBI, ATF, the U.S. Marshals Service and the IRS took part in the desert farm raid under 112°F conditions
• The operation led to the detention of between 70 and 75 undocumented workers and the arrest of a U.S. citizen for impeding law enforcement
• A 9th Circuit ruling upheld the president’s June 7 order to federalize Guard troops in Los Angeles but did not explicitly authorize missions beyond city limits
• Rob Bonta’s office has requested further court disclosures on Guard deployments and evidence of ongoing threats to federal personnel in Los Angeles to justify the mission’s continuation