Democrats are fuming over an immigration raid at a marijuana farm in Southern California allegedly staffed by illegal migrant children.
Federal immigration authorities on Thursday executed a search warrant at a marijuana farm in Ventura County, California, Trump administration officials confirmed. During the sweeping raid, law enforcement agents rescued 10 juvenile illegal migrants, eight of whom were unaccompanied, according to a statement by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott. (RELATED: Previously Detained Columbia Graduate Now Seeks Big Payday From Trump Admin)
Despite the alleged circumstances regarding the marijuana farm — which is now under investigation for violating child labor laws — a number of congressional and state Democrats issued public statements condemning the enforcement action.
“Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone because their mother was just taken from the fields,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom posted on social media about the raid. “Trump calls me “Newscum” — but he’s the real scum.”
CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 10: Federal agents block people protesting an ICE immigration raid at a nearby cannabis farm on July 10, 2025 near Camarillo, California. Protestors stood off with federal agents for hours outside the farm in the farmworker community in Ventura County. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
“Instead of prioritizing dangerous criminals Trump is targeting families that have been here for years picking our food,” Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego stated on social media. “The public outcry and protests are occuring because the American public knows this is wrong.”
Gallego’s statement was in reaction to another X post that falsely suggested the raid was targeting a regular produce farm that “keep[s] America’s produce aisles stocked.” Another Democrat appeared to be mistaken about what the marijuana farm was actually growing.
“How many MS-13 gang members are waking up at 3 a.m. to pick strawberries? O’yeah, zero!” California Rep. Jimmy Gomez stated on X, also reacting to the same misleading X post.
“Trump said he’d go after ‘bad hombres,’ but he’s targeting the immigrant farm workers who feed America,” Gomez continued. “Either he lied — or he can’t tell the difference.”
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ripped Democrats for their public statements about the raid.
“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,” a DHS spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Yet, Gavin Newsom, Ruben Gallego and other politicians continue to demonize and attack the law enforcement officers who bravely rescued these children,” the spokesperson continued.
An additional marijuana farm raid took place in nearby Carpinteria, California, on Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Times. The raid in Camarillo attracted roughly 500 protesters, many of whom quickly became violent, forcing law enforcement to use less-lethal force to subdue the rioting and arrest a number of individuals for allegedly impeding the operation.
U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said the FBI has now issued a $50,000 award for information on an individual who appeared to fire a pistol at law enforcement during the mayhem.
“It just breaks my heart that hard-working people are being rounded up and detained and taken to places unknown,” California Rep. Julia Brownley said of the marijuana farm raid, according to the VC Star.
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