Federal Agents Spray Tear Gas at Protesters, Children During ICE Raids at California Farms | Common Dreams

[Scott]

Hard for me to read this type of thing, but it looks like some here really need a lesson on what ICE is doing, so here goes...

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"ICE was conducting a raid using disproportionate displays of force against local farmworkers and our agricultural community," said U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, who was denied entry to one farm where he was attempting to provide oversight.

By Julia Conley

Jul 11, 2025

[snip]

U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.), who represents Santa Barbara County and part of Ventura County, released a statement condemning the ICE raid and saying he had been "denied entry and not allowed to pass" when he attempted to "conduct oversight" over the raid targeting his constituents in Carpinteria.

"ICE was conducting a raid using disproportionate displays of force against local farmworkers and our agricultural community," said Carbajal. "There's been a troubling lack of transparency from ICE since the Trump administration started, and I won't stop asking questions on behalf of my constituents."

Carbajal is now one of several Democratic elected officials who have been denied the ability to oversee ICE operations. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) pleaded not guilty last month to forcibly interfering with federal officers—charges that stemmed from her attempt to conduct congressional oversight at an ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey.

"These militarized ICE raids are not how you keep our communities safe. This kind of chaos only traumatizes families and tears communities apart. They are also a gross misuse of limited resources and a betrayal of the values that define us as Americans," said Carbajal, who noted that the identities of those detained in the raids had not been made clear.

[snip]

Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has clashed with President Donald Trump and filed a lawsuit against the administration last month over its federalization of the California National Guard to respond to protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, posted a video showing children running from the federal agents.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1943469956181692448

View: https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1943469956181692448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1943469956181692448%7Ctwgr%5Ec619499709b06a0ade27ea9b6a444fa806faf0c6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fnews%2Fimmigration-raids-california

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Full article:

Federal Agents Spray Tear Gas at Protesters, Children During ICE Raids at California Farms | Common Dreams

Federal immigration agents faced strong resistance during raids on cannabis farms in Southern California, sparking protests and arrests of migrants at licensed facilities. Community members clashed with ICE. Rep. Salud Carbajal condemned the raids, highlighting the lack of transparency and...

www.commondreams.org

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Hard for me to read this type of thing, but it looks like some here really need a lesson on what ICE is doing, so here goes...

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"ICE was conducting a raid using disproportionate displays of force against local farmworkers and our agricultural community," said U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, who was denied entry to one farm where he was attempting to provide oversight.

By Julia Conley

Jul 11, 2025

[snip]

U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.), who represents Santa Barbara County and part of Ventura County, released a statement condemning the ICE raid and saying he had been "denied entry and not allowed to pass" when he attempted to "conduct oversight" over the raid targeting his constituents in Carpinteria.

"ICE was conducting a raid using disproportionate displays of force against local farmworkers and our agricultural community," said Carbajal. "There's been a troubling lack of transparency from ICE since the Trump administration started, and I won't stop asking questions on behalf of my constituents."

Carbajal is now one of several Democratic elected officials who have been denied the ability to oversee ICE operations. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) pleaded not guilty last month to forcibly interfering with federal officers—charges that stemmed from her attempt to conduct congressional oversight at an ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey.

"These militarized ICE raids are not how you keep our communities safe. This kind of chaos only traumatizes families and tears communities apart. They are also a gross misuse of limited resources and a betrayal of the values that define us as Americans," said Carbajal, who noted that the identities of those detained in the raids had not been made clear.

[snip]

Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has clashed with President Donald Trump and filed a lawsuit against the administration last month over its federalization of the California National Guard to respond to protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, posted a video showing children running from the federal agents.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1943469956181692448

View: https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1943469956181692448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1943469956181692448%7Ctwgr%5Ec619499709b06a0ade27ea9b6a444fa806faf0c6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fnews%2Fimmigration-raids-california

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Federal Agents Spray Tear Gas at Protesters, Children During ICE Raids at California Farms | Common Dreams

Federal immigration agents faced strong resistance during raids on cannabis farms in Southern California, sparking protests and arrests of migrants at licensed facilities. Community members clashed with ICE. Rep. Salud Carbajal condemned the raids, highlighting the lack of transparency and...

www.commondreams.org

Eventually Trump's little army of black-uniformed, masked jackbooted thugs will shoot down a group of men, women and children.

MAGAts will applaud, but most Americans will be appalled.

 

[Nordberg]

They are so proud of what they do that they wear masks. They are brutalizing unarmed people for sport and show. Trump and Project 2025 said they were going to abuse immigrants.

 

[Tobytone]

You two are absolute drones, tripping over your own ignorance. The feds raided that pot farm with a warrant because of reports of child labor and illegal immigrants slaving away to pay off cartel debts, or so they dreamed. These people aren’t cashing checks, their earnings are funneled straight to cartels to chip away at thousands in border-crossing IOUs.

Despite rioters savagely attacking ICE officers with rocks and gunfire, the agents managed to rescue several unaccompanied minors, part of the 300,000 kids Biden’s crew handed off to so-called sponsors who’ve since vanished into thin air. ICE has already tracked down 10,000 of these children, often trapped in sex trafficking, warehouses, or meatpacking plants, enduring forced labor and horrific exploitation.

In a sane world, this wouldn’t be a right or left issue, every decent human would be screaming bloody murder to find these kids. But no, the Democrats in power, watching their district numbers tank and fearing redistricting, will spew any lie to halt deportations, even if it means ignoring missing children or the 11,000 known murderers among them, all to cling to their pathetic scraps of power.

Libtards like the geniuses on this site lap up every drop of left-wing propaganda, swallowing it whole like the brain-dead sheep you are. This story is a prime example, you morons think the tear-gassed rioters were the victims, while the ICE officers, just doing their damn jobs, are the villains.

Those rioters (some with their kids as shields I guess) were hurling massive rocks and bullets, yet in normal times, the officers could’ve mowed them down for less and been fully justified. They have every right to make it home to their families, and if some thug tries to stop that, they should neutralize the threat permanently. One rioter already got himself shot dead last week, and thanks to the venomous rhetoric from you radical left-wing lunatics, more will follow, sadly. Wake up, you braindead hopeless drones.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

All pedophiles should be tried and, if convicted, publicly shot in the back of the head.

Those who support pedophiles are just as guilty.

 

[Scott]

You two are absolute drones, tripping over your own ignorance. The feds raided that pot farm with a warrant because of reports of child labor and illegal immigrants slaving away to pay off cartel debts, or so they dreamed. These people aren’t cashing checks, their earnings are funneled straight to cartels to chip away at thousands in border-crossing IOUs.

Despite rioters savagely attacking ICE officers with rocks and gunfire, the agents managed to rescue several unaccompanied minors, part of the 300,000 kids Biden’s crew handed off to so-called sponsors who’ve since vanished into thin air. ICE has already tracked down 10,000 of these children, often trapped in sex trafficking, warehouses, or meatpacking plants, enduring forced labor and horrific exploitation.

In a sane world, this wouldn’t be a right or left issue, every decent human would be screaming bloody murder to find these kids. But no, the Democrats in power, watching their district numbers tank and fearing redistricting, will spew any lie to halt deportations, even if it means ignoring missing children or the 11,000 known murderers among them, all to cling to their pathetic scraps of power.

Libtards like the geniuses on this site lap up every drop of left-wing propaganda, swallowing it whole like the brain-dead sheep you are. This story is a prime example, you morons think the tear-gassed rioters were the victims, while the ICE officers, just doing their damn jobs, are the villains.

Those rioters (some with their kids as shields I guess) were hurling massive rocks and bullets, yet in normal times, the officers could’ve mowed them down for less and been fully justified. They have every right to make it home to their families, and if some thug tries to stop that, they should neutralize the threat permanently. One rioter already got himself shot dead last week, and thanks to the venomous rhetoric from you radical left-wing lunatics, more will follow, sadly. Wake up, you braindead hopeless drones.

Perhaps at least some of what you say is true. However, since you failed to provide any links to your sources of information, it's rather hard to tell.

 

[Tobytone]

Perhaps at least some of what you say is true. However, since you failed to provide any links to your sources of information, it's rather hard to tell.

Sorry, I’m not some link-dropping drone, regurgitating clickbait like the average libtard. I typically write what I know, drawing from multiple sources and, gasp, my own brain. It’s called reading, listening, thinking, and learning, a process many here might want to try sometime. Once you’ve done that, you can articulate your own thoughts, weaving in what you’ve learned, like people used to do before communication became copying and pasting half-baked X posts or sketchy articles with zero sources. Slapping up some viral drivel and calling it an argument is what I see here far too often. I encourage you or anyone to fact-check me, maybe you'll find out something that you didn't know, it's really easy to do.

 

[Scott]

Perhaps at least some of what you say is true. However, since you failed to provide any links to your sources of information, it's rather hard to tell.

Sorry, I’m not some link-dropping drone

I never said that's what I was looking for. I -was- hoping you could provide some evidence for your claims, but I guess that's not happening.

 

[Tobytone]

I never said that's what I was looking for. I -was- hoping you could provide some evidence for your claims, but I guess that's not happening.

Are you genuinely that clueless, stumbling around the internet like a toddler in a digital diaper? Don’t worry, I’m here to save you from your own incompetence. Just say the magic words, “Help me navigate this scary thing called the internet because I can’t figure out a search bar!” I’ll hold your hand in private messages, sparing you the public humiliation of admitting you’re lost in Google’s shallow end.

As always, I’m just trying to help, You know the old saying, give a man a fish, and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish, and he might not starve for life. I’m ready to teach you how to cast a net, but honestly, no guarantees you'll catch on. Everything I said is true and easily verifiable for MOST of us.

 

[Scott]

I never said that's what I was looking for. I -was- hoping you could provide some evidence for your claims, but I guess that's not happening.

Are you genuinely that clueless

No, I just prefer it when people back up their claims. You seem uninterested in backing up yours.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Hard for me to read this type of thing, but it looks like some here really need a lesson on what ICE is doing, so here goes...

**
"ICE was conducting a raid using disproportionate displays of force against local farmworkers and our agricultural community," said U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, who was denied entry to one farm where he was attempting to provide oversight.

By Julia Conley

Jul 11, 2025

[snip]

U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.), who represents Santa Barbara County and part of Ventura County, released a statement condemning the ICE raid and saying he had been "denied entry and not allowed to pass" when he attempted to "conduct oversight" over the raid targeting his constituents in Carpinteria.

"ICE was conducting a raid using disproportionate displays of force against local farmworkers and our agricultural community," said Carbajal. "There's been a troubling lack of transparency from ICE since the Trump administration started, and I won't stop asking questions on behalf of my constituents."

Carbajal is now one of several Democratic elected officials who have been denied the ability to oversee ICE operations. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) pleaded not guilty last month to forcibly interfering with federal officers—charges that stemmed from her attempt to conduct congressional oversight at an ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey.

"These militarized ICE raids are not how you keep our communities safe. This kind of chaos only traumatizes families and tears communities apart. They are also a gross misuse of limited resources and a betrayal of the values that define us as Americans," said Carbajal, who noted that the identities of those detained in the raids had not been made clear.

[snip]

Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has clashed with President Donald Trump and filed a lawsuit against the administration last month over its federalization of the California National Guard to respond to protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, posted a video showing children running from the federal agents.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1943469956181692448

View: https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1943469956181692448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1943469956181692448%7Ctwgr%5Ec619499709b06a0ade27ea9b6a444fa806faf0c6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fnews%2Fimmigration-raids-california

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Federal Agents Spray Tear Gas at Protesters, Children During ICE Raids at California Farms | Common Dreams

Federal immigration agents faced strong resistance during raids on cannabis farms in Southern California, sparking protests and arrests of migrants at licensed facilities. Community members clashed with ICE. Rep. Salud Carbajal condemned the raids, highlighting the lack of transparency and...

www.commondreams.org

Well, it is Common Dreams, about as radical Left as you can get.

I notice that Ms. Conley's article omits several crucial facts and overstates others.

First, judging from all the video, and there's a lot of it, there were dozens of protesters, not "hundreds" as Ms. Conley claims and there was never a "crowd" of them present.

She omits that the farm operation was illegally growing marijuana and that they were using child labor. So, you had illegal immigrant farm workers working on an illegal (eg., criminal) drug growing operation.

She omits that one of the protesters fired a pistol at the ICE agents and that others physically attacked them and their vehicles with rocks, and handheld improvised weapons. All of those actions are serious, violent, felonies.

She omits that being a Representative does not automatically entitle you to participate in federal law enforcement operations nor does it allow you to interfere with them. Claiming you are conducting "Oversight" doesn't cut it particularly when what you really intend is to interfere.

On the whole, it's about what I would expect from a site sympathetic to, and even supportive of, criminal aliens illegally in the United States engaged in criminal activity.

 

[Nordberg]

You two are absolute drones, tripping over your own ignorance. The feds raided that pot farm with a warrant because of reports of child labor and illegal immigrants slaving away to pay off cartel debts, or so they dreamed. These people aren’t cashing checks, their earnings are funneled straight to cartels to chip away at thousands in border-crossing IOUs.

Despite rioters savagely attacking ICE officers with rocks and gunfire, the agents managed to rescue several unaccompanied minors, part of the 300,000 kids Biden’s crew handed off to so-called sponsors who’ve since vanished into thin air. ICE has already tracked down 10,000 of these children, often trapped in sex trafficking, warehouses, or meatpacking plants, enduring forced labor and horrific exploitation.

In a sane world, this wouldn’t be a right or left issue, every decent human would be screaming bloody murder to find these kids. But no, the Democrats in power, watching their district numbers tank and fearing redistricting, will spew any lie to halt deportations, even if it means ignoring missing children or the 11,000 known murderers among them, all to cling to their pathetic scraps of power.

Libtards like the geniuses on this site lap up every drop of left-wing propaganda, swallowing it whole like the brain-dead sheep you are. This story is a prime example, you morons think the tear-gassed rioters were the victims, while the ICE officers, just doing their damn jobs, are the villains.

Those rioters (some with their kids as shields I guess) were hurling massive rocks and bullets, yet in normal times, the officers could’ve mowed them down for less and been fully justified. They have every right to make it home to their families, and if some thug tries to stop that, they should neutralize the threat permanently. One rioter already got himself shot dead last week, and thanks to the venomous rhetoric from you radical left-wing lunatics, more will follow, sadly. Wake up, you braindead hopeless drones.

Fact is, we know who has the power in these cases. This was caused by Trum's Gestapo attacking unarmed pickers trying to make a living.
Want to get home? Do not brutalize working people.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Fact is, we know who has the power in these cases. This was caused by Trum's Gestapo attacking unarmed pickers trying to make a living.
Want to get home? Do not brutalize working people.

On an illegal farming operation growing drugs and possibly run by a Mexican cartel who were also using child labor...

Who's brutalizing whom?

 

[Trumpet]

On an illegal farming operation growing drugs and possibly run by a Mexican cartel who were also using child labor...

Who's brutalizing whom?

Do you know this for sure, or are you just guessing?????

 

[Dutch Uncle]

On an illegal farming operation growing drugs and possibly run by a Mexican cartel who were also using child labor...

Who's brutalizing whom?

Our nation needs immigration reform to fix this problem instead of just a revolving door of businesses milking illegals for profits and politicians bending to the will of the corporations.

 

[Tobytone]

No, I just prefer it when people back up their claims. You seem uninterested in backing up yours.

Do you? LOL I'm sure you would have been shocked and finally understood the democrats are supporting criminals and child exploitation, right?

Those aren’t just claims, they’re cold, hard truth backed by evidence that anyone with a functioning brain cell already knows. I love watching you whining drones cry because I won’t spoon-feed you readily available facts, as if I’m your personal research intern. I’ve done my homework, unlike you, lounging in your echo chamber, clutching your ignorance like a security blanket. You can pretend you’re taking some noble stand, demanding I “back up” what’s painfully obvious, but you’re just flailing like a petulant toddler too comfy in the dark to face reality. I’m 100% right, and you’re too dim to even Google it. Keep throwing your tantrum, it’s hilarious watching you prove my point with every pathetic whimper. www.google.com

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Do you know this for sure, or are you just guessing?????

I'm sure. Glass House Brands operated the farm. While they are one of the largest marijuana growers in the US, growing and selling marijuana is still a federal crime (felony). The farm employed (accounts vary) 9 to 14 child workers. Glass House is now doing a major CYA for employing child labor and illegals. As they are also a major marijuana supplier, they could be subject to federal drug laws and charged with growing and distributing an illegal drug.

 

[Trumpet]

I'm sure. Glass House Brands operated the farm. While they are one of the largest marijuana growers in the US, growing and selling marijuana is still a federal crime (felony). The farm employed (accounts vary) 9 to 14 child workers. Glass House is now doing a major CYA for employing child labor and illegals. As they are also a major marijuana supplier, they could be subject to federal drug laws and charged with growing and distributing an illegal drug.

Have you been there and seen it for yourself?????

 

[Tobytone]

Fact is, we know who has the power in these cases. This was caused by Trum's Gestapo attacking unarmed pickers trying to make a living.
Want to get home? Do not brutalize working people.

Don’t want to get brutalized? Then don’t attack law enforcement officers, you brain-dead morons. Weren’t you the same hypocrites wailing about the sacred rule of never touching a cop after January 6th, acting like you’d faint at the thought?

I lost count of how many times you sanctimonious drones preached that sermon. But now, it’s open season, attack, beat, shoot, dox, even kill, and you morons are cheering like it’s a reality show finale.

Hypocrisy from you drones? I’m shocked, said absolutely no one. Keep flipping your principles like a cheap burger, it’s almost as pathetic as your logic.

 

[Trumpet]

Don’t want to get brutalized? Then don’t attack law enforcement officers, you brain-dead morons. Weren’t you the same hypocrites wailing about the sacred rule of never touching a cop after January 6th, acting like you’d faint at the thought?

I lost count of how many times you sanctimonious drones preached that sermon. But now, it’s open season, attack, beat, shoot, dox, even kill, and you morons are cheering like it’s a reality show finale.

Hypocrisy from you drones? I’m shocked, said absolutely no one. Keep flipping your principles like a cheap burger, it’s almost as pathetic as your logic.

What have you been drinking????