Surging ICE raids shadow final weeks of California congressional race

Since early October, federal immigration agents, often masked and traveling in unmarked vehicles, have carried out a 45-day operation in California’s Central Valley called “Operation Save California” by the Trump administration. The raids, part of its mass deportation campaign, have become a flashpoint in the race for California’s 22nd congressional district, which Democrats hope to win as they seek a House majority. Progressive Democrat Randy Villegas is challenging Republican incumbent David Valadao, who has won six of his last seven races. In Bakersfield, a memorial honors Dolores Huerta, the labor and civil rights leader who helped found the United Farm Workers.