“Our area of responsibility stretches from the U.S./Mexico Border, north, as mission and threat dictate, all the way to the Oregon line,” U.S. Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino, chief of the El Centro Sector in Imperial Valley, said in a statement.

There are plans by immigration officials to expand the operation across the Central Valley – as far north as Sacramento.

Except the Latino Legislative Caucus and state Sen. Melissa Hurtado, elected officials have kept mum on the raids. State Attorney General Rob Bonta has hosted four immigrant rights gatherings, the latest in Salinas on Thursday, but has not issued any response to the Border Patrol raids.