Federal immigration officers, backed by Border Patrol, CBP, and National Guard troops, executed a raid on licensed cannabis farms in Camarillo and Carpinteria, California, targeting undocumented workers on July 10. At the Camarillo site, home to Glass House Farms, hundreds of protesters gathered to defend farmworkers. The crowd faced off against heavily armed agents using smoke canisters, tear gas, rubber bullets, and even helicopters overhead

Tensions escalated—videos show demonstrators throwing rocks, and reports indicate a protester brandished a handgun and fired, prompting federal response Three individuals were hospitalized, several detained, and ICE confiscated over 100 workers for processing, including juveniles; one Congressional representative was also turned away when seeking oversight at the Carpinteria farm .