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California State Government Gavin Newsom From combating illegal immigration to his economic agenda, many Trump administration policies are the opposite.
He recently evoked support for businesses including cannabis growers, and earlier this month federal agents arrested dozens of illegal immigrants, some of whom were minors working with other immigrants convicted of murder, theft, kidnapping and rape.
Glass House Farm was not investigated after raids in Camarillo and Carpinteria. Of the 361 illegal immigrants arrested at two locations on July 10, at least 14 minors were rescued from potential exploitation, forced labor and human trafficking, Homeland Security explain.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom left criticized Donald Trump and his administration’s raids for capturing illegal immigrants in California, including two people who took place on a cannabis farm in July. (Getty Image)
“Stephen Miller’s Tactics At the time of the attack, Newsom posted on X on X, referring to President Donald Trump’s White House Vice President.
“Under Miller’s guidance, Trump’s agents continued to detain American citizens and introduced Americans to Americans, tear the families apart, and disappeared parents and workers into cruel federal detention centers to satisfy their self-imposed Arrest Quota,” he added.
Newsom communications director Diana Crofts-Pelayo told Fox News Digital that the governor did not defend Pot Farms.
“It’s just a comment on the strategies federal immigration officials use to achieve their massive detention quotas, which has caused a ripple effect in our society and economy,” she said.
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In a raid in Camarillo, Jaime Alanis Garcia, a man working on the farm, died in action. Graham Farrar, co-founder of Glass House Farms, president and board director, denied any misconduct.
“Glass House has never intentionally violated applicable recruitment and has never and never hired minors,” Fox News Digital reported. “We do not want this to affect the progress of operations. We will provide additional details where applicable.”
Trump has provided “temporary passes” to immigrants working on farms and hospitality industries to avoid negatively affecting immigration enforcement actions.
recent Wall Street Journal The opinion article notes that while marijuana may be considered cool in legal and taxed California, voters in Central America do not generate the same view. Although legal, the illegal market is still booming, with only 38% of California’s marijuana coming from licensed growers. 2024 Report Published by the U.S. Department of Marijuana Control.
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On July 1, California’s excise tax on marijuana jumped from 15% to 19%. In January, Newsom’s office said he would support stopping the increase in cannabis excise tax if the proposal ends up on his desk.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized a Trump administration raid in which U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested illegal immigrants at the Glass House Farm in Camarillo in July. (Getty Image)
Amy O’Gorman Jenkins, executive director of the California Cannabis Operators Association, said California’s legal cannabis industry is subject to a range of taxes, noting that there are no other age-restricted products in the state that are taxed at the same rate, including alcohol and tobacco.
She told Fox News Digital that he noted that consumers will buy illegal marijuana instead of buying illegal marijuana from overweight and overregulated local markets, which still exists the misunderstanding that the cannabis industry is the money tree. “The fact is that we have a very important illegal market with a well-documented documented in California.
In addition, the drug cartel has established a cannabis cultivation business in parts of the state. Part of California Mendocino CountyMendocino County Sheriff Matthew Kendall previously told Fox News numbers that the drug cartel has spent a lot of money to build pot farms there.
Earlier this month, seven Chinese citizens were accused of being linked to a multi-million-dollar drug trafficking organization that allegedly grew and distributed marijuana in the northeastern United States. In 2020, seven Lao workers were killed at an illegal marijuana farm in Southern California.
“We haven’t reduced the illegal market yet. We haven’t even caused dents,” said O’Gorman Jenkins. “For the most part, consumers don’t want to pay taxes when they can order products online and go to illegal stores and spend half the price.”
National Guard soldiers stopped protesters while conducting ice migration at a nearby cannabis farm near Camarillo, California, on July 10, 2025. Protesters stood with federal agents outside the farm in the Ventura County Farmworker Community. (Getty Images/Mario Tama)
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond made news about his position on illegal immigrants, especially on cannabis farms, shortly after the raid at the pot farm in California.
“Gavin Newsom can protect illegal activities at cannabis farms near California, but Oklahoma won’t,” Drummond wrote on Facebook. “That’s why my office is defending a state law to increase enforcement at these locations to protect innocent people and unsuspecting communities.
According to California, Faral has donated thousands of dollars to California Democrats, including a $10,000 donation to the News Agency in 2018, according to California, following a raid on two California marijuana farms. Public campaign financial records.
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He also donated to the Federal Political Action Committee of the Santa Barbara County Democratic Commission and Rep. Salud Carbajal. Federal Election Commission Record.
Faral did not respond to a request for comment.
