Overview
- ICE operations on July 10–11 at Camarillo and Carpinteria Glass House Farms sites resulted in the detention of more than 360 individuals, including U.S. citizens.
- The Department of Homeland Security says agents rescued at least 14 migrant children during the July raids, prompting its own review of those claims.
- Army veteran George Retes and CSU professor Jonathan Caravello were held without charges or access to counsel for days, triggering calls for investigations into due-process violations.
- A federal judge has temporarily barred appearance-based arrests in seven counties, and California's Department of Cannabis Control has launched an investigation into alleged child labor at Glass House Farms.
- Cannabis industry leaders and labor groups are conducting raid-response trainings and advising undocumented workers to avoid state-licensed operations over concerns of further enforcement.