WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) - Federal officials on Sunday defended President Donald Trump 's escalating campaign to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally, including a California farm raid that left one worker dead, and said the administration would appeal a ruling to halt some of its more aggressive tactics.

Authorities executed criminal search warrants in Carpinteria and Camarillo, California, on Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security said.

A farm worker has died after being injured during a raid by US immigration agents on a legal cannabis farm in California, his family said on Saturday. The chaotic raid on the cannabis plantation in Ventura County,