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Pedro Camacho

Trump Admin Defends Immigration Raids in California After Worker's Death: 'ICE Did Not Have Hands on This Person'

People embrace near federal agents blocking a road during an ICE immigration raid at a nearby licensed cannabis farm on July 10, 2025 near Camarillo, California. (Credit: Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The Trump administration has doubled down on defending last week's large-scale immigration raid in Southern California that resulted in the death of a Mexican farmworker as criticism mounts from immigrant rights advocates and lawmakers.

Jaime Garcia, 57, died on Saturday, one day after falling approximately 30 feet from the roof of a greenhouse during the raid at Glass House Farms near Camarillo while reportedly trying to evade ICE agents. Garcia suffered a broken neck and skull and died in a local hospital.

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