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Federal authorities raided Glass House Farms for child labor violations, while records show the farm's president donated thousands to California Democrats, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The DHS said 14 children were rescued from potential forced labor, exploitation, and trafficking. Glass House Farms denied those claims, saying it has never knowingly employed minors.
Authorities executed criminal search warrants in Carpinteria and Camarillo, California, on Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security said.
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ABC7 KABC on MSNOver 300 arrested in immigration raids at cannabis farms near Camarillo and Carpinteria, DHS saysThe DHS said 14 children were rescued from potential forced labor, exploitation, and trafficking. Glass House Farms denied those claims, saying it has never knowingly employed minors.
Glass House Brands, whose farm was raided by immigration authorities Thursday, is the subject of several labor law complaints, according to court records.
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WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - A California farm worker died on Friday after U.S. immigration agents raided a cannabis nursery and arrested hundreds of workers, a worker advocacy group said, while a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily halt some of its most aggressive tactics in rounding up undocumented immigrants.
National Guard and ICE agents seen taking farmworkers into custody in Carpinteria and Oxnard Thursday morning.