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Farmworker Dies After Falling From Greenhouse Roof During ICE Raid

With his death confirmed, federal raids on agricultural sites face renewed calls for oversight

An exterior of Glass House Farms is shown, a day after an immigration raid on the facility, on Friday, July 11, 2025, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Jaime Alanis Garcia.
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Sergio Madrigal works on a farm field Friday, July 11, 2025, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Overview

  • Jaime Alanis, 57, fell about 30 feet from a greenhouse roof at Glass House Farms during a DHS‐executed criminal warrant raid in Camarillo and died Saturday of his injuries
  • DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Alanis was not in ICE or CBP custody or being pursued by agents when he climbed onto the roof and that a medevac was called immediately
  • Agents arrested roughly 200 people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally and identified at least 10 immigrant children across simultaneous operations at Camarillo and Carpinteria facilities
  • The United Farm Workers union and Alanis’s family, who say he was the sole provider for his wife and daughter in Mexico, are demanding accountability for the first fatality under the administration’s intensified worksite enforcement
  • Glass House Farms maintains it complied with valid warrants and federal hiring laws as ongoing investigations examine child labor claims and agents’ treatment of protesters during the raids