Administration officials on July 13 defended President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement operations, including one on a California marijuana farm last week that a worker advocacy group alleges led to a man’s death.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told NBC News’s “Meet the Press” on July 13 that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained 319 illegal immigrants and encountered 14 unaccompanied minors during a July 10 operation on two marijuana farms in Southern California.
Both marijuana sites are operated by and licensed to Glass House Farms, which confirmed the operation and said it was fully complying with the search warrants.
The United Farm Workers, a worker advocacy group, alleges that several workers were injured during the operation and one man died a day after he fell off a 30-foot building that he climbed….
DHS Defends Immigration Enforcement Following California Marijuana Farm Arrests
