Protesters have tried to block ICE agents from detaining migrants in California
Federal immigration agents fire tear gas during a raid on a cannabis farm near Camarillo, California, on July 10, 2025. © AP Photo / Michael Owen Baker
Protesters clashed with federal agents during an immigration raid on the largest cannabis farm in California on Thursday.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrived at Glass House Farms south of Camarillo in Ventura County in a convoy of military vehicles.
Protesters, some carrying Mexican flags, tried to block the road, to which the agents responded by firing tear gas.
INSURRECTION: Unhinged insurgents are attacking military personnel and vehicles in Camarillo, California. pic.twitter.com/szXAdkgz78
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INSURRECTION: Insurgents confronting federal agents in Ventura County… pic.twitter.com/agjsCR183l
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NEW: Anti-ICE scum trying to stop Federal Agents in Camarillo CA are getting crushed—tear gassed, body slammed, face planted into the dirt & thrown from vehicles they cling to.Sweeping force is a consequential deterrent. pic.twitter.com/7l5yFiir3G
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Several demonstrators threw rocks at the ICE vehicles, and at least one person was filmed apparently firing a gun towards the officers. There were no reports of injuries.
A protester was seen apparently firing some kind of weapon at federal agents during the immigration raid at a farm near Camarillo on Thursday. It’s unknown if anyone was injured in the chaos. https://t.co/tZBT2XnVEHpic.twitter.com/p4YZ3qkHnM
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) July 10, 2025
At least 10 people were detained in the raid, according to a local ABC affiliate.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told ABC that the agents were executing a warrant at the farm. “Our brave officers will continue to enforce the law,” the spokesperson said.
Glass House Farms, which owns a massive cultivation center, bills itself as the largest legal cannabis grower in the world. In a statement on X, the company said it has “fully complied with agent search warrants.”
🚨 Federal Agents Clash With Protesters During Immigration Raid at California Cannabis FarmFederal agents conducting an immigration raid at a cannabis farm in Camarillo, Southern California, on July 10, 2025, encountered fierce resistance from anti-ICE protesters. The operation… pic.twitter.com/qg7S3jQky7
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US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said that ten children were found at the farm, all of them illegal migrants and eight of them unaccompanied. “It’s now under investigation for child labor violations,” he wrote on X.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office condemned the “inhumane” raid and singled out US President Donald Trump’s top adviser Stephen Miller. “Instead of supporting the businesses and workers that drive our economy and way of life, Stephen Miller’s tactics evoke chaos, fear and terror within our communities at every turn,” the statement continued.
Trump has made a crackdown on illegal immigration one of his signature policies, accusing his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, and the Democrats of profiting from an influx of migrants across the border with Mexico.
Newsom and other top Democrats, in turn, have labeled Trump’s methods, including a promise to carry out the largest deportation in American history, dangerous and unlawful.