In Los Angeles, a social media hoax spread rumors of immigration checkpoints and raids at a supermarket chain. Another false report of an immigration raid in East San Jose caused further panic.

The city of El Cajon delayed a vote on a resolution that declared its intent to assist federal immigration authorities "to the maximum legal extent possible."

The L.A. County health department Thursday said it does not collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or any other immigration enforcement agencies.

After Bakersfield farmworkers Francisco and Santiago woke up well before dawn last week and worked an entire day picking the Central Valley’s mandarin crop, they were stopped as they went home by unmarked U.S. Customs and Border Control cars and detained for residing in the United States without documentation.

As Democratic officials in California, including in Los Angeles, continued to expand so-called sanctuary city protections for illegal foreign nationals and fight President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation plans,

“Our area of responsibility stretches from the U.S./Mexico Border, north, as mission and threat dictate, all the way to the Oregon line,” U.S. Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino, chief of the El Centro Sector in Imperial Valley, said in a statement.

A spokesperson said the Department of Homeland Security was not conducting any large-scale operations in Southern California amid fires.

Fears among undocumented immigrant communities continue to grow as the new administration prepares to take office on Monday.

Farmworker communities across California, including in the Bay Area, are on high alert after a U.S. Border Patrol immigration raid in Kern County last week led to at least 78 arrests. The three-day operation in and around Bakersfield from Jan.

Now what we’re doing is unifying nonprofits that have resources to support ‘Know Your Rights’ campaigns for immigrants in our community.” - Karlha Arias

Federal immigration agents will be conducting operations and raids in Bakersfield this week, according to local officials.