Federal officers clashed with protesters during an immigration raid at a cannabis farm in Southern California, firing crowd-control munitions including tear gas. Meanwhile, a lawmaker accused agents of showing “disproportionate displays of force” and preventing him from conducting oversight at a second farm. Video from Thursday’s raid at a farm in Camarillo, Ventura County, showed a large line of officers wearing camouflage gear, helmets and gas masks, accompanied by military-style vehicles, moving toward protesters. The officers fired a large number of crowd-control munitions that emitted white gas. Protesters ran from the smoke, with at least one demonstrator appearing to throw a projectile at the authorities. Photos from the scene showed that tear gas canisters were used.

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At a second farm, in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, officers carrying out an immigration raid encountered protesters and deployed “flash devices and smoke devices,” Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-California) said in a statement, adding that he tried to conduct oversight but was denied entry. “These militarized ICE raids are not how you keep our communities safe,” he said.

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Local media said the raids targeted Glass House Farms facilities. The company, which describes itself as “one of the fastest-growing vertically integrated cannabis companies in the U.S.,” confirmed on social media that it was visited by officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and “fully complied with agent search warrants.” California legalized recreational cannabis in 2018, and Glass House Farms has multiple active licenses in the state to grow cannabis, according to the Associated Press.

Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, wrote Thursday that agents were “executing criminal search warrants at a marijuana facility,” adding: “Our brave officers will continue to enforce the law.”

The Trump administration’s policy toward immigration enforcement at farms has drawn high interest — and been subject to quick reversals.

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Last month, as President Donald Trump came under pressure from agricultural and hospitality industries that rely on migrant workers, he posted on social media that “changes are coming” to help “protect our Farmers” from losing workers. But within days, DHS told staff it was reversing the guidance that would halt immigration raids at farms, hotels and restaurants.

Despite a pledge by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem to target “the worst of the worst,” the administration is increasingly targeting unauthorized immigrants with no criminal record, as The Washington Post reported last month.

It is unclear how many people were detained, arrested or injured at Thursday’s raids and protests.

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Carbajal said he believed 10 people had been detained at the Carpinteria site. He added that the agents used “various flash devices and smoke devices” and that a piece of shrapnel from one of the devices had injured a child.

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Bill Essayli, the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, wrote on X on Thursday evening that federal agents executing a search warrant at the farm in Camarillo had “already arrested multiple individuals for impeding this operation,” and that others who interfered would be arrested and charged with a federal offense.

He later wrote that the FBI had issued a $50,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of an individual who appeared to fire a weapon at federal officers, according to footage from local channel ABC7.

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Local media reported that hundreds of protesters, and dozens of troops and federal agents, were present at the standoff in Camarillo.

In a separate update, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said 10 undocumented minors had been found at the Camarillo facility, eight of whom were unaccompanied. He added that the site is being investigated for breaking child labor laws.

A DHS spokesperson said in an emailed statement early Friday: “ICE and CBP law enforcement rescued 8 unaccompanied migrant children from what looks like exploitation, violation of child labor laws and potentially human trafficking or smuggling.”

A spokesman for the Ventura County Fire Department said five people were taken to a hospital for treatment while four others were treated at the scene in Camarillo, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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The fire department confirmed in a post on Facebook that it was dispatched about 12:15 p.m. Thursday to provide medical aid, but stressed that its work was not connected to any federal immigration enforcement operations.