Federal agents were met by dozens of protesters Thursday when they descended Glass House Farms in rural Camarillo, Calif., to conduct an immigration enforcement operation.

ICE and National Guard raid California pot farms, detain workers, sparking protests and concerns over deportation policy. This live blog is now closed.

U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli skewered Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday for railing

Glass House Brands, whose farm was raided by immigration authorities Thursday, is the subject of several labor law complaints, according to court records.

The president of a marijuana company targeted in an immigration raid donated thousands of dollars to Democrats in recent years. Graham Farrar, the president of Glass House of Farms, doled out thousands of dollars to help elect Democratic Gov.