About 200 swept up in farm raids near Camarillo, Carpinteria
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Among those at Thursday's immigration action was a Trump voter who doesn't like the president's approach and the family of a National Guardsman who say it's time for him to come home.
Federal agents clashed with protesters during an immigration raid at a Camarillo farm, deploying tear gas and detaining several people.
Dozens of farmworkers were detained and federal agents deployed tear gas at protesters during an immigration raid at a Ventura County agricultural business this week. KTLA's Carlos Herrera reports on July 11,
Vehicles from Border Patrol and U.S. Customs and Border Protection blocked the road in a largely agricultural area of Camarillo lined with fields and greenhouses. There were military-style vehicles and a helicopter flying overhead.
A day after a massive immigration raid occurred at a cannabis farm in Ventura County, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that 200 undocumented immigrants were arrested.
U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed what appeared to be tear gas canisters and less-than-lethal rounds into the crowd.
Jaime Garcia, a Camarillo man, was on life support after he was injured during a ICE raid at farms in Ventura County on Thursday.
According to reporting on the ground, the company’s facilities in Camarillo (Ventura County) and Carpinteria (Santa Barbara County) are the scenes of large-scale ICE raids. Protesters have gathered at both locations, with reports of federal agents using tear gas or pepper spray to push the crowds back.