An agricultural worker was in critical condition on Friday, his family said, after being injured during a raid of immigration agents in the United States in a legal farm of cannabis in California that resulted in the arrests of 200 undocumented migrants and clashes with protesters.
Meanwhile, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, called the protesters involved in attacks against immigration and the application of Customs (ICE), the agents “Slimeballs” and said they should be arrested.
In another development, a district judge ordered to stop “itinerant patrols” in Los Angeles by federal agents that stopped the alleged undocumented migrants without probable cause and denying them due process.
The district judge Maame Ewusi-Menah Frimpong ordered the end of the arrests, which according to her were “based on the breed alone”, about whether a person spoke Spanish or English with an accent or for their workplace.
Trump’s comments and the court order arrive a day after a chaotic raid in a cannabis plantation in Ventura County, about 56 miles (90 kilometers) from Los Angeles, left a critically injured agricultural worker.
The United Agricultural Workers Union had said in an X position that the worker had “dead injuries that suffered as a result of the action of application of yesterday’s immigration law.” But the family on a Gofundme page said it was in critical condition and that it is unlikely to survive.
“He was persecuted by ice agents, and they told us that he fell 30 feet (9 meters). My uncle’s life is in critical condition; doctors have told us that he did not succeed. His injuries are catastrophic. His heart is still beating.”
The Ventura County Medical Center, which said ABC News who was in critical condition, did not respond to AFP Call for more details.
Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of National Security (DHS), said that the man who died was never in custody.
“Although he was not being persecuted by the police, this individual went up to the roof of a greenhouse and fell 30 feet (10 meters),” McLaughlin said.
“[Customs and Border Patrol] He immediately called a Medivac to the scene to worry as quickly as possible. “
The DHS said that 200 undocumented migrants were arrested during raids in marijuana cultivation in carpentry and camarillo on Thursday and 10 children were rescued from “potential exploitation, forced labor and trafficking in persons.”
Glass House Brands, owner of the farms, said in a statement that “he has never violated applicable hiring practices and has not used minors.”
DHS said that more than 500 “uproarist” had tried to interrupt the operation and four US citizens face charges for assisting or resisting officers.
Tear gas were used against protesters, some of which were seen in television images that launched projectiles in the vehicles of application of the law.
The department said that the vehicles of the immigration agency were damaged and a $ 50,000 reward for the arrest of a person who allegedly dismissed a weapon to the agents of the law was offered.
Confrontation
In a publication in his real social platform, Trump said he had seen images of “thugs” throwing rocks and bricks to ice vehicles, causing “tremendous damage.”
Trump said he was authorizing the agents of the law that “they are at the end of rocks, bricks or any other form of assault, to stop their car and arrest these slime balls, using any means necessary to do so.”
“I am giving a total authorization for ICE to protect, just as they protect the public,” he said.
Trump, who campaigned in a promise to deport millions of migrants, has participated in a confrontation on the application of immigration with California governed by Democrat for weeks.
The Republican President sent thousands of national guard troops to Los Angeles last month to quell the protests against the summaries of undocumented migrants by federal agents.
The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, said that the troops were not necessary to address the mostly peaceful protests, but their legal efforts to be eliminated have failed so far.
The cannabis farm in Camarillo was calm during a visit of a AFP The reporter on Friday while the workers waited in line to collect their belongings and payment checks.
“We have been here from six of this morning asking questions, but they are not giving us any information,” said Saul Muñoz, a 43 -year -old Colombian whose son was arrested Thursday.
“I just want to know how it is,” Muñoz said. “Bring me back to me and if it’s time for us to leave, we will leave.
“The truth is that the American dream is not really the American dream.”
