Farm worker dies after U.S. immigration raid in California

A workplace idiosyncratic has died aft being injured during a raid by U.S. migration agents connected a ineligible cannabis workplace successful California, his household said connected Saturday (July 13, 2025).

Raids connected cultivation sites connected Thursday resulted successful the arrests of 200 undocumented migrants, arsenic portion of U.S. President Donald Trump's wide-ranging anti-immigration crackdown, and clashes betwixt instrumentality enforcement officials and protesters.

The workplace worker's household had started a leafage connected the fundraising level GoFundMe to assistance enactment his relatives successful Mexico. On Saturday, the leafage posted an update to accidental helium had "passed away."

Mr. Trump campaigned for the presidency connected a harsh anti-immigration platform, likening undocumented migrants to "animals" and "monsters," and since taking bureau helium has delivered connected promises to behaviour a monolithic deportation drive.

On Friday, helium called demonstrators progressive successful attacks connected Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents "slimeballs" and said they should beryllium arrested.

The chaotic raid connected the cannabis plantation successful Ventura County, astir 56 miles (90 kilometers) from Los Angeles, saw the idiosyncratic who aboriginal died being chased by ICE agents, his household said.

"My uncle Jaime was conscionable a hard-working, guiltless farmer," said a station connected the GoFundMe page. "He was chased by ICE agents, and we were told helium fell 30ft (9 meters)."

The leafage described his injuries arsenic "catastrophic."

Tricia McLaughlin, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokeswoman, said helium was ne'er successful custody.

"Although helium was not being pursued by instrumentality enforcement, this idiosyncratic climbed up to the extortion of a greenish location and fell 30 feet," Ms. McLaughlin said. "(Customs and Border Patrol) instantly called a medevac to the country to get him attraction arsenic rapidly arsenic possible."

DHS said 200 undocumented migrants were arrested during raids connected marijuana increasing sites successful Carpinteria and Camarillo connected Thursday and 10 children were rescued "from imaginable exploitation, forced labor, and quality trafficking."

Glass House Brands, which owns the farms, said successful a connection that it has "never knowingly violated applicable hiring practices and does not and has ne'er employed minors."

DHS said much than 500 "rioters" had attempted to disrupt the cognition and 4 US citizens are facing charges for assaulting oregon resisting officers.

Tear state was utilized against the protesters, immoderate of whom were seen successful tv footage throwing projectiles astatine instrumentality enforcement vehicles.

The section said migration bureau vehicles were damaged, and a $50,000 reward was being offered for the apprehension of an idiosyncratic who allegedly fired a weapon astatine instrumentality enforcement officers.

American imagination 'no longer'

In a station connected his Truth Social platform, Mr. Trump said helium had watched footage of "thugs" throwing rocks and bricks astatine ICE vehicles, causing "tremendous damage."

Mr. Trump said helium was authorising instrumentality enforcement officers who are "on the receiving extremity of thrown rocks, bricks, oregon immoderate different signifier of assault, to halt their car, and apprehension these SLIMEBALLS, utilizing immoderate means is indispensable to bash so."

"I americium giving Total Authorization for ICE to support itself, conscionable similar they support the Public," helium said.

Mr. Trump has been progressive successful a showdown implicit migration enforcement with Democratic-ruled California for weeks.

The Republican president sent thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles past period to quell protests against round-ups of undocumented migrants by national agents.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has said the troops were not indispensable to code the mostly peaceful protests, but his ineligible efforts to person them removed person failed truthful far.

The cannabis workplace successful Camarillo was calm during a sojourn by an AFP newsman connected Friday, arsenic workers waited successful enactment to cod their belongings and paychecks.

"We've been present since six this greeting asking questions but they're not giving america immoderate information," said Saul Munoz, a 43-year-old Colombian whose lad was detained connected Thursday.

"I conscionable privation to cognize however he's doing," Munoz said. "Bring him backmost to maine and if it's clip for america to leave, we'll leave.

"The information is the American imagination is nary longer truly the American dream."