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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
200 arrested, one dead in chaos at California cannabis farm immigration raid
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested approximately 200 people without permanent legal status during immigration raids on Thursday at two cannabis farms in California, which left one person dead. 'We can confirm that a farm worker has died of injuries they sustained as a result of yesterday's immigration enforcement action,' the United Farm Workers (UFW) wrote in a Friday post on the social media platform X. In an earlier post on Friday, the labor union said workers at the farm, including U.S. citizens, were held by the authorities for hours as they executed criminal warrants. 'US citizen workers report only being released after they were forced to delete photos and videos of the raid from their phones,' the union said. DHS did not immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment regarding the fatality, but the federal agency said in a Friday statement that more than 500 protesters, who gathered in the area, attempted to 'disrupt' law enforcement operations. Four U.S. citizens were arrested for assaulting or resisting officer, DHS said. Agents were recorded using less lethal ammunition and tear gas on people. One individual, according to officials, fired a gun at officers during protests after the raids. Many Republicans on Friday applauded the federal operation while Democrats, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, bashed the move amid the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration across the country. 'Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone because their mother was just taken from the fields,' he wrote on social media Thursday. '[President] Trump calls me 'Newscum' — but he's the real scum. In a Friday statement, officials said that 10 children without documentation were identified during the two immigration operations in Camarillo and Carpinteria, Calif., at farms owned and operated by the Glass House Brands Inc. Customs and Border Patrol commissioner Rodney Scott said on Thursday that the company is now under investigation for child labor violations. Glass House, in response, stated it never intentionally hired underage workers. Local organizers and labor leaders said the arrests would only lead to more turmoil. 'It is unfortunately not uncommon for teenagers to work in the fields. To be clear: detaining and deporting children is not a solution for child labor,' UFW said in a statement. 'These violent and cruel federal actions terrorize American communities, disrupt the American food supply chain, threaten lives and separate families.' The raids follow months of unrest in California, particularly in and around Los Angeles, in response to the administration's efforts to increase deportation numbers. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Axios
4 days ago
- Politics
- Axios
Trump admin to appeal order barring race-based immigration arrests alleged in LA area
The White House says it plans to appeal a federal order requiring the Trump administration to stop immigration arrests without probable cause after a suit alleged it targeted California residents based on race, language and work. The big picture: Residents of Latino descent have been stopped, detained or asked to prove citizenship in communities throughout the U.S. amid President Trump's push for mass deportations. What they're saying: White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement emailed to Axios on Saturday: "No federal judge has the authority to dictate immigration policy – that authority rests with Congress and the President. "Enforcement operations require careful planning and execution; skills far beyond the purview or jurisdiction of any judge. We expect this gross overstep of judicial authority to be corrected on appeal." Driving the news: U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong concluded in an order on Friday that those who brought the suit were likely to prove "the federal government is indeed conducting roving patrols without reasonable suspicion and denying access to lawyers". The judge ordered Homeland Security to craft guidance to determine "reasonable suspicion" and provide accused residents access to counsel on holidays, weekends and weekdays. State of play: The suit was brought by five workers and advocacy groups Los Angeles Worker Center Network, United Farm Workers (UFW) and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights. Teresa Romero, the UFW president, celebrated the judge's decision in a statement on Friday. "Farm workers rise before dawn to feed this country—there is no labor more dignified," Romero said. "No one should be targeted, profiled, or terrorized for being brown and working hard." Catch up quick: Immigration raids in Latino communities in southern California and beyond have led to mass protests in several U.S. cities. Trump deployed about 4,000 National Guard members and hundreds of Marines to the Los Angeles area in an effort to stem the growing unrest last month. Tricia McLaughlin, a Homeland Security spokesperson, said in a statement emailed to Axios on Saturday: "A district judge is undermining the will of the American people." She went on to say "brave men and women" are removing "truly the worst of the worst from Golden State communities."
The Hill
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
200 arrested, one dead in chaos at California cannabis farm immigration raid
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested approximately 200 people without permanent legal status during immigration raids on Thursday at two cannabis farms in California, which left one person dead. 'We can confirm that a farm worker has died of injuries they sustained as a result of yesterday's immigration enforcement action,' the United Farm Workers (UFW) wrote in a Friday post on the social media platform X. In an earlier post on Friday, the labor union said workers at the farm, including U.S. citizens, were held by the authorities for hours as they executed criminal warrants. 'US citizen workers report only being released after they were forced to delete photos and videos of the raid from their phones,' the union said. DHS did not immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment regarding the fatality, but the federal agency said in a Friday statement that more than 500 protesters, who gathered in the area, attempted to 'disrupt' law enforcement operations. Four U.S. citizens were arrested for assaulting or resisting officer, DHS said. Agents were recorded using less lethal ammunition and tear gas on people. One individual, according to officials, fired a gun at officers during protests after the raids. Many Republicans on Friday applauded the federal operation while Democrats, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, bashed the move amid the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration across the country. 'Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone because their mother was just taken from the fields,' he wrote on social media Thursday. '[President] Trump calls me 'Newscum' — but he's the real scum. In a Friday statement, officials said that 10 children without documentation were identified during the two immigration operations in Camarillo and Carpinteria, Calif., at farms owned and operated by the Glass House Brands Inc. Customs and Border Patrol commissioner Rodney Scott said on Thursday that the company is now under investigation for child labor violations. Glass House, in response, stated it never intentionally hired underage workers. Local organizers and labor leaders said the arrests would only lead to more turmoil. 'It is unfortunately not uncommon for teenagers to work in the fields. To be clear: detaining and deporting children is not a solution for child labor,' UFW said in a statement. 'These violent and cruel federal actions terrorize American communities, disrupt the American food supply chain, threaten lives and separate families.' The raids follow months of unrest in California, particularly in and around Los Angeles, in response to the administration's efforts to increase deportation numbers.
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump orders Ice raids on farms and hotels after pausing them days earlier
Donald Trump has abandoned his brief immigration and customs enforcement (Ice) reprieve for farm and hotel workers, ordering the agency's raids in those sectors to resume after hardliners crushed a pause that lasted just four days. The whiplash reversal, first reported by the Washington Post, exposes the dysfunction gripping the president's deportation agenda, where competing advisers battle over policy while Trump lurches between contradictory positions. 'The president has been incredibly clear,' said Tricia McLaughlin, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) assistant secretary, in a statement to the Guardian on Tuesday. 'There will be no safe spaces for industries who harbor violent criminals or purposely try to undermine Ice's efforts.' Related: The rise of Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's hardline immigration policy The flip-flop also follows Trump's erratic pattern on major policies – from threatening then retreating on mass global tariffs to wavering on federal spending cuts – as different factions fight for his ear. Trump first blinked last Thursday, posting on Truth Social that his 'very aggressive' raids were hurting farmers and hotels. The next day, Ice officials reportedly told staff in an internal email to largely lay off raids and arrests in the agricultural, hotel and restaurant industries. But now, according to the Post, immigration hawks led by the deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, crushed the pause – after the agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, had secured the temporary reprieve amid industry pressure. By Sunday, Trump had publicly reversed course entirely, ordering agents via a Truth Social post to deliver what he called the 'single largest Mass Deportation Program in History' – focusing particularly on America's largest cities, almost all being run by Democrats. The administration desperately wants workplace raids to hit Miller's target of 3,000 daily arrests. Daily arrests have been stuck at about 2,000, according to a recent DHS statement. Single operations at meatpacking plants can net hundreds of detentions. Yet Trump's brief wobble revealed his unease with the economic fallout. Undocumented immigrants make up 4.6% of the US workforce – more than 7 million people concentrated in agriculture, hospitality and construction, according to the American Immigration Council. Labor groups like United Farm Workers (UFW), which represent a large number of immigrant workers, dismissed the temporary pause on workplace raids in California as never actually being in place. 'As long as Border Patrol and ICE are allowed to sweep through farm worker communities making chaotic arrests the way they did TODAY, they are still hunting down farm workers,' UFW posted on Instagram on Saturday. 'If President Trump is actually in charge, he needs to prove it.'
New Indian Express
09-05-2025
- Health
- New Indian Express
Dirty water plagues Nanjappa Road residents as BWSSB fails to resolve decade-old contamination issues
BENGALURU: Is Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) supplying contaminated water to residents of Shanti Nagar's Nanjappa Road? Yes, according to residents of the locality, which has over 250 houses. BWSSB diverted the sewage line running from MG Road to Shanthi Nagar about 10 years ago. Since then, they have been getting contaminated water, especially during monsoon. If left unchecked, the sumps get filled with contaminated water, the residents said. Renuka Prasad, founder president of Shanthinagar Residents' Welfare Association, said that despite bringing the matter to the notice of local MLA NA Harris and BWSSB officials several times, nothing has been done to rectify the problem. 'In the WhatsApp Group of the association, some residents have complained that they face health problems such as diarrhoea frequently due to water contamination. The problem should be addressed at the earliest,' Prasad said. Another resident said that the locality has been getting contaminated water for the past 10 years. BWSSB offers only temporary solutions such as cleaning sumps whenever contaminated water is supplied. 'We need a permanent solution. We can't get water pumped out of our sumps at regular intervals. The foul smell because of contaminated water is unbearable. If the civic officials and people's representatives are serious about the problem, they should get an FIR registered against the local BWSSB engineers under the Disaster Management Act,' a senior citizen of the locality said. People who have rented houses in the locality are planning to move away because of this problem. It is really surprising that the problem has not been fixed even after 10 years, a landlord in the locality said. Nagaraj, executive engineer of BWSSB, Shanthi Nagar, said the water and sewage lines in the area were laid long ago. The problem is because of this. 'Work to fix the problem will be taken up under Unaccounted For Water (UFW) that aims at cutting down wastage of water and tenders will be invited soon. The sewage line from here, which is connected to the Intermediate Sewage Pumping Station (ISPS) near Shanthi Nagar Bus Depot, may have a problem. Work on ISPS is almost complete. In a month, all issues pertaining to water and sewage lines will be sorted out,' he said.
