Federal Agents Detain Farmworkers in Large-Scale Raids at Two Southern California Farms

July 10, 2025 – Large groups of immigration agents with military vehicles, helicopters, and weapons raided two farms in Southern California today, one in Carpinteria and another in Camarillo, where they rounded up workers and threw tear gas at protestors.

Both were locations of Glasshouse Farms, a cannabis operation that grows marijuana in large greenhouses.

In Carpinteria, farm staff told a local news station that 10 workers had been detained. There, federal agents threw flash-bang grenades and smoke bombs at a group of protestors, including  U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-California) and a local councilwoman.