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California surgical center staff confronted ICE agents attempting to arrest a Honduran landscaper, with video showing employees blocking officers.
ICE and National Guard raid California pot farms, detain workers, sparking protests and concerns over deportation policy. Follow Newsweek's live blog.
A violent clash at a California cannabis farm during a federal immigration raid has ignited a political firestorm, placing Governor Gavin Newsom under intense scrutiny. Amid rising attacks on ICE agents,
Organizers in California's Central Valley are calling attention to the plight of the region's 300,000-plus undocumented migrants.
Federal law enforcement officials fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters Thursday during a large immigration raid in Ventura County at one of California’s largest and most notable cannabis farms, according to a local mayor at the scene.
Federal immigration agents seeking to detain a Honduran landscaper chased him into a Southern California surgical center and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff as clinic staff demanded to see identification and a warrant.
“The idea that people who are dressed as if they’re robbing a liquor store are running around grabbing Californians and throwing them into unmarked vehicles and taking them God knows where — it’s like a dystopian nightmare,” Wiener told Playbook. “We need to be aggressive and decisive in trying to put a stop to it.”
In a stunning dawn raid, ICE and National Guard troops stormed California cannabis farms on July 10. Over 100 migrant farmworkers were detained in a federal crackdown that saw flashbangs, tear gas, and fierce clashes with protesters.
A confrontation erupted Thursday between protesters and federal officials carrying out a raid on a Southern California farm.
Demonstrators in San Francisco, Calif., attempted to block ICE agents from moving detainees from an immigration courthouse to a waiting van. KNTV's Thom Jensen reports.