Federal Agents Spray Tear Gas at Protesters, Children During ICE Raids at California Farms | Common Dreams

[Into the Night]

The youngest found on that marijuana farm was 14.

...and that unaccompanied, AND working with restricted materials. You have to be 21 to work with those materials.

Most likely not. If you are in the US illegally, you almost always cannot obtain employment legally.

They didn't have visas, or they wouldn't be in the US illegally. If they were working using stolen identification, or they used false ID, they are guilty of two felonies right there. If the employer knowingly hired them illegally, the employer is guilty of a felony too.

Having over 200 illegals working on a farm means the certainty is very close to 100% that the above is true and there are plenty of felonies to go around.

Absolutely correct.

 

[Into the Night]

So you are saying North and South America together is one island, and that laws no longer apply because of that?

I never said any such thing, Wally. Stop making shit up.

 

[Into the Night]

It might depend on the state, but around here minors can sell tobacco products.

No, Wally. It's federal law.

It would be difficult to switch in an adult clerk at every convenience store whenever someone wanted a pack of cigs.

No switch needed. To sell cigarettes, you have to be 21 years of age and a citizen of the United States.
Children cannot sell cigarettes, Wally. Illegal aliens are criminals and immediately subject to deportation. They are not to be employed.

I also know that minors are definitely allowed to work on tobacco farms.

No, they aren't, Wally. Stop making shit up.

I doubt there is any specific law restricting minors from working at marijuana farms. Marijuana farms are far more controlled than tobacco farms, so difficult to steal from.

Bullshit! Stop making shit up, Wally.

Again, I guess it depends on the state, but everywhere around here there are minors working at restaurants that serve alcohol.

They can't work in the bar, Wally.

There were between 9 to 14 minors working at Glass House, not 9 year old workers.

That's illegal, Wally.

 

[Into the Night]

They were hired by a publicly traded, highly regulated company.

Slaves aren't hired, Wally. It is illegal to hire illegal aliens.

I doubt Glass House is bringing people into the USA, much less bringing them here as slaves.

They didn't. Biden and the cartels did.

Besides, why would they have 3% of their workforce be slaves?

Argument from randU fallacy. Stop making shit up, Wally.

It is such a tiny part of the workforce, it will not bring down the cost of wages, but will be equally badly a crime as 100% of the workforce. Your claim just makes no sense.

Argument from randU fallacy. Attempted proof by random number.

Glass House says everyone was legal when hired.

They weren't. Glass House is lying.

I do not independently know they are telling the truth, but it is very possible. trump has cancelled large numbers of work visas.

No visas, Wally. Illiteracy: Proper nouns are always capitalized.

It does not appear to be a crime to hire someone legally, and continue to employ them when trump tries to cancel their work visas.

No visas, Wally. Stop making shit up.

So ICE is "freeing" the kids by taking them from jobs, and families, confiscating their money, and putting them in cells?

Illegal aliens are immediately subject to deportation, Wally.

Don't try the "It's for the children" act. You hate kids. They are just pawns to you.

 

[Scott]

…and Congress is letting him do whatever he pleases.

Mostly if not exclusively the Republican part, but yes.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Mostly if not exclusively the Republican part, but yes.

Agreed. That may change in January 2027 if not sooner due to the Epstein debacle.

 

[Tobytone]

As I like to tell people, I don't do other's homework for them. If someone makes a claim and is asked to provide evidence for it, I think the logical thing would be for them to do so. I've never understood the logic of some that their ideological opponents should be the one to provide evidence for their own claims. You did provide a bit of evidence for your claims in post #22, though upon looking more closely, I now see that you only provided evidence that growing marijuana was a federal crime, not that the farm in question was actually growing it. I'm not saying they weren't growing it, I'm just pointing out you didn't provide any evidence of this.

Still crying because you can't figure out how to use the internet? Still acting like everything I posted isn't 100% accurate? I offered to help you, even in private messages so you wouldn't l be embarrassed. Every claim I made is so easy to verify, a third-grader could do it. Are you still pretending you haven't looked into it? Or are you really that lazy, like most libtards? From experience, I know the left can't handle being wrong. They'll whine, squirm, and dodge and sometimes just like you they'll cry until they get a link, then poof, they vanish or claim their source trumps mine. Pathetic. Like I said, crawl out of your echo chamber, learn to navigate the web, and maybe you'll actually learn something.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Still crying because you can't figure out how to use the internet? Still acting like everything I posted isn't 100% accurate? I offered to help you, even in private messages so you wouldn't l be embarrassed. Every claim I made is so easy to verify, a third-grader could do it. Are you still pretending you haven't looked into it? Or are you really that lazy, like most libtards? From experience, I know the left can't handle being wrong. They'll whine, squirm, and dodge and sometimes just like you they'll cry until they get a link, then poof, they vanish or claim their source trumps mine. Pathetic. Like I said, crawl out of your echo chamber, learn to navigate the web, and maybe you'll actually learn something.

Oh, Tedious. You lie a lot and it's a full time job sorting out your lies and half-truths...which are whole lies.

 

[Tobytone]

They were hired by a publicly traded, highly regulated company. I doubt Glass House is bringing people into the USA, much less bringing them here as slaves.

Besides, why would they have 3% of their workforce be slaves? It is such a tiny part of the workforce, it will not bring down the cost of wages, but will be equally badly a crime as 100% of the workforce. Your claim just makes no sense.


Glass House says everyone was legal when hired. I do not independently know they are telling the truth, but it is very possible. trump has cancelled large numbers of work visas.

It does not appear to be a crime to hire someone legally, and continue to employ them when trump tries to cancel their work visas.


So ICE is "freeing" the kids by taking them from jobs, and families, confiscating their money, and putting them in cells?

Wally, you're clueless. Before legalization, 99% of the marijuana trade came from Mexico, not whatever fantasy you believe. Trailer trucks packed with marijuana bales crossed the border on preplanned routes, with drivers paid $15,000 per successful trip. Fun fact: if a driver gets bold and tries to run with the cash or product, the cartels have a slush fund to hunt them down and make them a cautionary tale, no matter where they hide. The mafia and cartels ran the whole game.

What happened after legalization? Surprise. They dipped into their rooms literally stacked floor-to-ceiling with cash and opened "legitimate" marijuana businesses. Sure, these businesses are technically legal, but these are hardcore criminals. They don't care about regulations or regulators. They skirt every rule to make more money illegally, bribing the same cops and politicians to look the other way.

If you weren't such a libtard drone, you'd see that a Southern California company with over 360 illegal workers, including 14-year-old unaccompanied minors, is almost certainly cartel-owned, no matter whose name is on the paperwork. Here's a secret: the mafia and cartels use fear and favors to rope in some naive fool who thinks it's cool to know a player. That fool's name ends up on the deed.

@Into the Night is right calling these workers slaves, or what any normal person would call slavery today. They're controlled, lied to, and at the mercy of the cartels who smuggled them across with empty promises. Normal people see this farm's operation, know it's wrong, and are grateful law enforcement stepped in. Libtards like you, with your heads buried in the sand, need to pull hard, breathe some fresh air, and stop cheering for the most evil scum on the planet. Oh, and don't ask for links. The cartels and mafia aren't big on public records.

 

[Into the Night]

Agreed. That may change in January 2027 if not sooner due to the Epstein debacle.

What 'Epstein debacle'?????

 

[Into the Night]

Oh, Tedious. You lie a lot and it's a full time job sorting out your lies and half-truths...which are whole lies.

Random words. No apparent coherency. Void argument fallacy.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

You know I want you, Dutch. Do you know where I want you? Hint: my username.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Random words. No apparent coherency.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Interestingly, Glass House Farms / Brand, the owner of this farming operation, was hit with a class-action lawsuit last year over their labor practices.

Seems they treated their illegal workers--known to be illegal--like shit. One of the more egregious violations claimed, and in multiple lawsuits against Glass House, is they fail to pay workers their full wages and don't pay overtime. They knowingly engaged in illegal child labor practices it seems too.

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/12/cannabis-farms-raided-by-ice-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-last-year-over-labor-practices-1567542/

Newsom, DHS Feud After 'Juveniles' Allegedly Found at Cannabis Facility During ICE Raids

Customs and Border Patrol says ICE officers found 10 minors at the raided cannabis facilities.

www.forbes.com

This company isn't some small-time operation. It is a big corporation that exploits its workforce to maximize profit.

 

[FastLane]

Wally, you're clueless. Before legalization, 99% of the marijuana trade came from Mexico, not whatever fantasy you believe. Trailer trucks packed with marijuana bales crossed the border on preplanned routes, with drivers paid $15,000 per successful trip. Fun fact: if a driver gets bold and tries to run with the cash or product, the cartels have a slush fund to hunt them down and make them a cautionary tale, no matter where they hide. The mafia and cartels ran the whole game.

What happened after legalization? Surprise. They dipped into their rooms literally stacked floor-to-ceiling with cash and opened "legitimate" marijuana businesses. Sure, these businesses are technically legal, but these are hardcore criminals. They don't care about regulations or regulators. They skirt every rule to make more money illegally, bribing the same cops and politicians to look the other way.

If you weren't such a libtard drone, you'd see that a Southern California company with over 360 illegal workers, including 14-year-old unaccompanied minors, is almost certainly cartel-owned, no matter whose name is on the paperwork. Here's a secret: the mafia and cartels use fear and favors to rope in some naive fool who thinks it's cool to know a player. T

hat fool's name ends up on the deed.

@Into the Night is right calling these workers slaves, or what any normal person would call slavery today. They're controlled, lied to, and at the mercy of the cartels who smuggled them across with empty promises. Normal people see this farm's operation, know it's wrong, and are grateful law enforcement stepped in. Libtards like you, with your heads buried in the sand, need to pull hard, breathe some fresh air, and stop cheering for the most evil scum on the planet. Oh, and don't ask for links. The cartels and mafia aren't big on public records.

That isn't exactly where they are buried.

 

[Tobytone]

That isn't exactly where they are buried.

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That one goes in my folder for future use, lol.

 

[Walt]

It's federal law.

The federal law is that no one is allowed to grow marijuana, not that only people over 21 are allowed to grow marijuana.

Can you prove that only people over 21 can be on a tobacco farm? Does that mean that tobacco farmers have to send away their children?

 

[Nordberg]

The violence is always started by the police. They show up with weapons, masks and a desire to teach innocent people a violent lesson. Kids will never recover from the terror or gain respect for the law.

 

[Into the Night]

The federal law is that no one is allowed to grow marijuana, not that only people over 21 are allowed to grow marijuana.

Can you prove that only people over 21 can be on a tobacco farm? Does that mean that tobacco farmers have to send away their children?

The federal government has no such authority. The States, however, DO. It is illegal to have anyone under 21 handling pot.

 

[Into the Night]

The federal law is that no one is allowed to grow marijuana, not that only people over 21 are allowed to grow marijuana.

Can you prove that only people over 21 can be on a tobacco farm? Does that mean that tobacco farmers have to send away their children?

I already know you deny all State constitutions and State laws, Wally.