President Donald Trump has granted federal immigration agents "total authorization" to defend themselves following clashes with protesters during a recent enforcement operation at a cannabis farm in California.

California immigrants swept up in aggressive Los Angeles ICE raids recently scored a legal victory that could undermine a key strategy in Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. A federal judge on Friday blocked federal immigration officials from conducting “roving patrols” for undocumented residents,

After a federal judge in Los Angeles barred 'roving patrols' by immigration agents in seven California counties, the Trump administration asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to resume operations that lawyers for the state have argued are unconstitutional.

Under new Trump administration guidance, millions of immigrants who entered the U.S. without legal authorization would have to fight their deportation cases in detention.