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Democrats are continuing their assault on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by faking outrage over a raid where officers saved illegal alien children from an alleged child labor operation on a marijuana farm in Southern California.
ICE agents on Thursday executed a federal search warrant at a Camarillo, Ventura County, marijuana growing operation, Glass House Farms, where 10 illegal alien children were found (eight without an adult) allegedly staffing the farm. A raid of another Glass House Farms location happened in Carpinteria on the same day. According to the Los Angeles Times, officials said that 200 illegal aliens were also detained.
Footage of the raid showed violent protesters throwing rocks at the agents, and one even appeared to fire a gun at ICE agents. But that did not stop the media and other Democrats from lying through their teeth, falsely claiming these were just innocent people picking strawberries, having smeared ICE agents as “Nazis” for months.
Dopey California Democrat Rep. Jimmy Gomez perpetuated the lie, claiming these marijuana grow-op workers were “immigrant farm workers who feed America.” Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., added to the slop saying, “Instead of prioritizing dangerous criminals Trump is targeting families that have been here for years picking our food. The public outcry and protests are occuring [sic] because the American public knows this is wrong.”
If “public outcry” means shooting at federal agents, hurling rocks at them, and bayonetting their vehicles with Mexican flags, then Gallego was apparently correct that kind of unlawful behavior is taking place. In reality, the Camarillo raid brought about 500 agitators to obstruct federal law enforcement, many of whom almost immediately became violent, forcing officers to use nonlethal force like tear gas to make the situation safer.
But, of course, no one in America condones political violence more than Democrats. And the American people voted for mass deportation — a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign — last year.
Border czar Tom Homan condemned the violence and the Democrats who perpetuate it on Fox News, stating, “What happened in California is just another example of protesters becoming criminals, and they’ve been emboldened by even members of Congress who compare ICE to Nazis and racists and terrorists.”
“I said months ago, it’s going to end up with a loss of life — and we had one the other day in Texas, and it’s not over,” Homan added, citing a man who opened fire on Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas, earlier this week.
According to California Central District U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a $50,000 award for information that enables the conviction of the person who appeared to fire a gun at federal law enforcement.
He also said that during the raid, agents arrested multiple people for impeding the execution of the warrant.
Apparently defending the violence against federal officers was not enough for Democrats, who couldn’t bring themselves to condemn the alleged child labor violations and potential human trafficking of children working on the farm. They will not even address it, probably in hopes they can force everyone to forget about it.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told the Daily Caller, “At the California marijuana facility, [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and CBP law enforcement rescued 8 unaccompanied migrant children from what looks like exploitation, violation of child labor laws and potentially human trafficking or smuggling.” He added, “Yet, Gavin Newsom, Ruben Gallego and other politicians continue to demonize and attack the law enforcement officers who bravely rescued these children.”
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott announced that because of the presence of illegal alien minors, the farm is now under investigation for child labor violations.
Breccan F. Thies is a correspondent for The Federalist. He previously covered education and culture issues for the Washington Examiner and Breitbart News. He holds a degree from the University of Virginia and is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. You can follow him on X: @BreccanFThies.
