California farmworker dies after chaotic federal immigration raid, family says
Jaime Alanis Garcia's death came days after he fell roughly 30 feet during a raid by federal immigration authorities at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, California, a city about 50 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
Garcia's family told NBC Los Angeles that he broke his neck and skull in the fall and was placed on life support shortly afterward — until his wife could travel from Mexico to be by his side before he died.
'His wife and parents decided today to let him rest. He has passed away,' his niece said in a statement Saturday.
His family acknowledged to NBC Los Angeles that Garcia would not have survived the past fews days had he not been connected to an assistive breathing machine.
Neither the United Farm Workers nor the Department of Homeland Security immediately return a request for comment.
Immigration officials said in a statement Friday that Garcia was not in federal custody when he fell.
'Although he was not being pursued by law enforcement, this individual climbed up to the roof of a green house and fell 30 feet,' Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. 'CBP immediately called a medivac to the scene to get him care as quickly as possible.'
The raid drew hundreds of demonstrators, some of whom threw rock and bricks at cars belonging to federal agents. In response, federal agents deployed less-lethal weapons and tear gas at the protesters, while employees were being arrested inside the cannabis grow house.
President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post Friday night that he watched the protests 'in disbelief,' adding that immigration authorities should use 'whatever means is necessary' to arrest people who do not obey the law.
The cannabis farm where Garcia worked was one of two Glass House properties federal officers raided Thursday. Roughly 200 people were arrested in the two operations, according DHS.
The raids came more than a month after protests against similar operations in Los Angeles virtually shut down parts of the city and captured the nation's attention.
In response, Trump took the rare step of deploying the National Guard to quell protesters.
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