The Border Patrol began conducting operations in Sacramento on Thursday, as two federal court rulings have ordered them to stop warrantless raids.

The operation, which took place in the Sacramento area, nearly 600 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, is the latest show of force from the Border Patrol in the state, which joined a full-cavalry raid in a Los Angeles park earlier this month.

The arrests of 12 people - including a U.S. citizen - by masked and armed Border Patrol agents at a Sacramento Home Depot on Thursday have added new urgency for state lawmakers to respond as the Central Valley and Northern California have been drawn into the Trump administration's immigration crackdown after previously escaping federal attention.