A real Border Patrol operation in another part of California has sparked rumors and social media uproar—and caused anxiety for immigrants. The rumors stemmed from a real Border Patrol operation out of Kern County.

“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.