At least 8 arrested after Border Patrol operation in Sacramento County
At least eight people were arrested during a Border Patrol operation in south Sacramento Thursday morning, officials said.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said that they had received a call about armed, masked men in the parking lot of the Home Depot on Florin Road, near Highway 99, shortly after 7:45 a.m.
Deputies responded to the area and said they were waved down by a woman who said her husband had been detained.
Soon after, the sheriff's office said they received a call from Border Patrol, saying their agents had been in the parking lot earlier and had since departed.
Deputies said they had received another call from a home nearby on A Parkway, stating that a masked man had been seen entering their neighbor's house. Deputies said they learned that Border Patrol conducted an operation at the home.
The Sacramento Police Department said a similar operation occurred on the nearby street of Titian Parkway, which is located within city limits.
In a post on X Thursday afternoon, Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino said agents were conducting a Title 8 mission in Sacramento, leading to the arrest of at least eight people "for being in this country illegally."
He said that at least one of them was "an aggravated felon" who appears to have charges related to fentanyl trafficking.
Bovino said one other person was arrested for impeding and/or assaulting a federal officer.
The sheriff's office said their units did not assist Border Patrol in any way. Senate Bill 54, also known as the California Values Act, limits state and local law enforcement's involvement in federal immigration enforcement.
The Home Depot said it was not involved in the incident.
"In many cases, we don't know that arrests have taken place until after they're over," a spokesperson for the Home Depot said in a statement to CBS Sacramento.