ICE, California and united farm workers
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The president of a marijuana company targeted in an immigration raid donated thousands of dollars to Democrats in recent years.
A GoFundMe campaign for Jaime Alanis, a 57-year-old California farmworker who died Saturday from injuries sustained in a 30-foot fall during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) raid, has raised over $150,000 as of Sunday evening.
ICE agents raided a licensed marijuana farm in Camarillo, California, on Thursday. The farm is owned by Glass House Brands Inc, officials confirmed.
Homeland security and ICE agents were seen taking farmworkers into custody in Carpinteria and Camarillo Thursday morning; city councilmember injured and congressmember denied entry as large crowd protests raid at cannabis farm.
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the worker wasn’t being pursued by federal authorities when he climbed onto the roof of a green house and fell.
President Donald Trump has granted federal immigration agents "total authorization" to defend themselves following clashes with protesters during a recent enforcement operation at a cannabis farm in California.
Marijuana farms operated by a major state-licensed business in California were raided by federal officials on Thursday. Glass House Brands Inc. said its facilities were “visited today” by officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).