Why is Border Patrol so far inland for Central California arrests? Here’s its jurisdiction
More than 60 Border Patrol agents from El Centro, near the Mexico border, carried out an operation in Kern County that the federal agency says led to 78 arrests. The sight of federal Border Patrol agents — who could expand operations to Fresno and Sacramento — alarmed residents and undocumented immigrants across Central California who have been unaccustomed to seeing such a significant presence in recent years.