California Gov. Gavin Newsom is under fire for posting a shocking response to ICE raids, likening the workers at the targeted cannabis farms to ‘kids’ whose mothers have been taken from them.
At multiple locations across southern California’s Ventura County, just north of Los Angeles, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out raids on cannabis farms leading to a violent response from locals and farmworkers.
Videos of the operations at Glass House Farms show armored federal agents standing on farm roads and flanked by rows of what appear to be cannabis, or marijuana plants, while masked agitators hurled slurs and debris at law enforcement.
When the stand-off became too volatile, the National Guard and ICE agents popped tear gas which sent the crowds running in a frenzy.
One man even opened up fired upon the federal agents.
But Democrats including Newsom and Rep. Jimmy Gomez immediately shared sympathy for the targets on social media.