A farmer who fell from a greenhouse roof throughout an anti-immigrant raid at a licensed hashish facility in California this week has died of his accidents.
Jaime Alanis, 57, is the primary individual to die because of Donald Trump’s Immigration Compliance and Enforcement (ICE) raids.
His niece, Yesenia Duran, posted on the fundraising web site GoFundMe to say her uncle was his household’s solely supplier and he had been sending his earnings again to his spouse and daughter in Mexico.
The United Meals Staff mentioned Mr Alanis had labored on the farm for 10 years.
“These violent and cruel federal actions terrorise American communities, disrupt the American food supply chain, threaten lives and separate families,” the union mentioned in a current assertion on X.
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The Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) mentioned it executed felony search warrants at Glass Home Farms amenities on Thursday.
Mr Alanis known as household to say he was hiding and presumably fleeing brokers earlier than he fell round 30ft (9m) from the roof and broke his neck, in response to info from household, hospital and authorities sources.
Brokers arrested 200 individuals suspected of being within the nation illegally and recognized a minimum of 10 immigrant youngsters on the websites, the DHS mentioned in an announcement.
Mr Alanis was not amongst them, the company mentioned.
“This man was not in and has not been in CBP (Customs and Border Protection) or ICE custody,” DHS assistant secretary for public affairs Tricia McLaughlin mentioned.
“Although he was not being pursued by law enforcement, this individual climbed up to the roof of a greenhouse and fell 30ft. CBP immediately called a medivac to the scene to get him care as quickly as possible.”
4 US residents had been arrested in the course of the incident for allegedly “assaulting or resisting officers”, the DHS mentioned, and authorities had been providing a $50,000 reward for info resulting in the arrest of an individual suspected of firing a gun at federal brokers.
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In an announcement, Glass Home, a licensed Hashish grower, mentioned immigration brokers had legitimate warrants. It mentioned staff had been detained and it’s serving to present them with authorized illustration.
“Glass House has never knowingly violated applicable hiring practices and does not and has never employed minors,” it added.
