CAMARILLO, Calif. (KABC) -- A musician who was injured during a chaotic immigration raid in Camarillo is filing a federal civil rights claim against the Department of Homeland Security.

"The road to recovery will be long. I don't know if I will ever be able to play again, but I'm going to try," Alec Bertran told reporters Wednesday.

Bertran suffered a broken finger, along with other injuries, while protesting a July raid at Glass House Farms in Camarillo.

Bertran, who plays guitar and piano, claims immigration agents hit him with less-lethal rounds numerous times, with one of the projectiles hitting his hand and breaking his left ring finger.

"I did not interfere. I stood where I was allowed to stand, and I made my voice known," Bertrand said at the news conference. "I was more than

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