Fox News correspondent was with Border Patrol agents in south Sacramento raid

Molly Gibbs, The Sacramento Bee on Jul 17, 2025

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — National Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin joined California Border Patrol agents on Thursday in south Sacramento as they targeted undocumented immigrants during a raid outside a Home Depot store.

In an X post, Melugin said over 10 people were arrested and one was maced after allegedly slashing the tires of a federal vehicle.

Latino GOP political consultant, Mike Madrid, called Fox’s involvement with the raid a clear work of propaganda. The publication, he said, has a dangerous dynamic with the federal government.

“History tells us that once you have a communications infrastructure that is delivering propaganda on behalf of a regime,” Madrid said, “it has some lasting effects.”

Home Depot employees initially reported the raid just before 8 a.m. at the 4641 Florin Road location just west of Highway 99.

Sgt. Amar Gandhi, a spokesperson for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, said they responded to a call from Home Depot employees, who reported seeing masked people in the parking lot. Upon arrival deputies were flagged down by a woman who told them her husband had been taken.

Soon after that Gandhi said the Sheriff’s office received word from federal officials who confirmed Border Patrol agents were in the area, but had already left.

Deputies did not assist Border Patrol in any way during the raid, according to Ghandi.

Milugin’s X post said the Border Patrol team at Home Depot was not the only one in Sacramento.

“We were with one team of federal agents, as there are others conducting enforcement in other areas of the city,” Melugin wrote.

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino reportedly told Melugin that this is the farthest north his agents have gone in California.

One X user replied to Melugin and asked why Border Patrol was executing this raid and not Immigration Customs Enforcement. The main difference between the agencies is their enforcement areas. Typically, ICE deals with detentions and removals within the United States while Border Patrol handles security at and between ports of entry. It is not clear why Border Patrol ventured north to Sacramento for this raid.

While he is based in Los Angeles, in recent months Melugin has been reporting on immigration enforcement efforts across the country including at “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida.

Melugin’s most recent reporting tactic may work well with the network’s existing audience, Madrid said, but he doesn’t expect it to change the minds of those not already convinced.

“Does that mean it’s going to break through the reality that people are seeing with their own eyes?” he said. “Probably not.”

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