One Farmworker Dead, Hundreds Detained: ICE Raid Turns Deadly in Camarillo
Say his name: Jaime Alanis
“We tragically can confirm that a farm worker has died of injuries they sustained as a result of yesterday’s immigration enforcement action.”
— United Farm Workers
Yesterday, federal agents carried out a massive immigration raid on Glass House Farms in Camarillo, California—and today, we mourn the death of a farmworker who fell trying to escape.
His name was Jaime Alanis.
He had worked on that farm for nearly a decade.
He supported a wife and young daughter in Mexico.
And during the chaos unleashed by ICE, CBP, DHS, and National Guard agents, Jaime fell from a 30-foot-high greenhouse while fleeing. He suffered a skull fracture, a severed artery, and a broken neck. He died not long after.
This is what immigration enforcement looks like under the Trump–Vance regime:
A man is dead.
A community is traumatized.
Hundreds are detained.
And still—no corporate executives have been held accountable.
What Happened in Camarillo
According to The Guardian, Reuters, NBC Los Angeles, and FAFO Newscast:
Over 200 people were arrested during the raids, including U.S. citizens.
Protesters and bystanders were tear-gassed and forced to delete phone footage.
At least 10 children were allegedly working at the site—yet no executives were arrested.
Federal agents arrived in tactical formation, treating a cannabis greenhouse like a combat zone.
One eyewitness told reporters:
“It was like a military invasion. People were screaming, crying, hiding under tables.”
This was not about public safety.
This was about power, optics, and intimidation.
And the person punished most severely is now gone.
Historical Context: This Is Not Normal
Let’s be honest about something too many are afraid to say:
This never happened under the previous FIVE administrations.
Under Biden, Obama, Bush Jr., Clinton, and even Bush Sr., undocumented migrants were never herded into inhumane detainment camps like Alligator Alcatraz.
We didn’t see raids that ended with workers falling to their deaths, or agents using tear gas on U.S. citizens documenting labor abuses.
Even under flawed immigration systems, undocumented workers were not hunted like prey.
This is new.
This is intentional.
This is the Trump–Vance doctrine: cruel by design, unapologetically violent, and rooted in white nationalist grievance.
United Farm Workers Responds
The United Farm Workers union, which quickly confirmed Jaime’s death, released a searing statement:
“These violent and cruel federal actions terrorize American communities… There is no city, state or federal district where it is legal to terrorize and detain people for being brown and working in agriculture.”
They’re absolutely right.
No one should die picking produce.
No one should die fleeing from militarized agents with tear gas and long guns.
No one should die on American soil because they dared to work.
This Is State Violence
Whether in the Everglades at Alligator Alcatraz or in the farm fields of California, this country is descending into something dangerous and familiar: open-season authoritarianism, with migrants, workers, and Black and Brown communities in the crosshairs.
A dead worker is not a tragedy to this regime.
It’s a warning shot.
A bloodied greenhouse is not a scandal.
It’s the message.
What We Demand:
A full, independent investigation into Jaime Alanis’s death
Immediate suspension of ICE raids at agricultural work sites
Corporate accountability for child labor, wage theft, and unsafe working conditions
Release of all bodycam and drone footage from the raid
Congressional hearings on the abuse of power under the Trump–Vance immigration agenda
Say his name: Jaime Alanis.
He didn’t die in a war.
He didn’t die in a gang.
He didn’t die in a drug bust.
He died because he was hunted by ICE.
If we allow this to continue, the blood will not just be on the greenhouse floor.
It will be on all of our hands.
Please donate to Mr. Alanis’ family GoFundMe. They need our help. May he rest in peace.
They murdered him. Plain and simple.
Those ICE workers who raided the farm should be forced to go to Mexico and tell his wife and child what happened to him.