US EditionA Chaotic Raid, 360 Arrests, and a Tragic Death: What Happened at California's Glass House Farms
VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 13 – Federal immigration raids at two Southern California cannabis farms led to 361 arrests and the rescue of 14 undocumented minors amid investigations into child labor and human trafficking.
- On July 11, 2025, ICE agents raided Glass House Farms in Ventura County, California, detaining 361 undocumented workers including 14 minors.
- The government has opened probes into human trafficking, child labor, and abuse at farms, highlighting California's legal cannabis growth clashing with federal prohibition since 2016.
- Tear gas and rubber bullets dispersed protesters as video captured a masked man firing a handgun twice; the FBI posted a $50,000 reward, Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said.
- A 57-year-old worker, Jaime Alanís García, fell 30 feet while fleeing ICE agents and died, marking the first known fatality in the administration’s enforcement operations.
- As investigations continue, the fallout is poised to fuel further political and legal battles in California, and a federal judge on Friday ordered halting indiscriminate arrests in seven counties.
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Mexico City, July 18 (EFE).- The Government of Mexico reported this Friday that it hired the legal services of a law firm to boost the lawsuit against migratory raids in the United States after the death of a Mexican who fell from the roof of a building in his attempt to escape an operation in California. “We already have a law firm that is in contact with the family (of Alanís) in Oxnard, California, to present the lawsuit and we push the proce…
The funeral services for Jaime Alanís García, a 56-year-old Mexican agricultural worker from Michoacán, will be on July 21 in the city of Oxnard, California, after his death last Saturday from injuries he suffered from falling off a roof when he tried to evade a raid by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) in Ventura County.
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Payday ReportWhy Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid?
David Bacon With Trump and Stephen Miller cheering on ICE’s terror tactics, Jaime Alanis Garcia’s fatal fall in the raid on Glass House Farms was the most recent example of a death foretold. The post Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid? appeared first on The Nation.
FBI Releases New Photo of Suspect Accused of Firing Gun at ICE Agents During Riot Over California Marijuana Farm Raid - $50K Reward!
The FBI has released a new photo of an alleged gunman who fired at ICE agents conducting an immigration raid at Glass House Farms in the town of Camarillo in Ventura County, California on July 10.
Trump Admin’s Focus on Child Labor After California Raids Is a Bait and Switch
Federal immigration agents raided two cannabis farms in California last week, arresting more than 300 workers suspected of being in the United States without documentation. One farmworker, Jaime Alanís, fell 30 feet from a building to his death while attempting to flee the aggressive, chaotic raid at Glass House Farms in Ventura County. Alanís is the first known person to have died during an… Source
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