{"id":39803,"date":"2025-09-30T12:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/?p=39803"},"modified":"2025-10-13T14:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:56:40","slug":"glass-house-cannabis-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/glass-house-cannabis-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Immigration Raids At California Cannabis Nurseries: What It Means For Workers and Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glass House, one of California\u2019s biggest cannabis companies, became the focus of national headlines after federal agents carried out dramatic raids on two of its farms. The incident raised questions about how federal authorities approach large-scale cannabis operations and sparked heated reactions from community members and industry observers. What unfolded that day highlighted the growing tension between state-legal cannabis businesses and federal enforcement agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Happened At the Glass House Raid?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On July 10, 2025, ICE and Border Patrol agents raided two different Glass House cannabis farms in California, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/marijuana-farm-ice-raid-california-trump-immigration-b47161266719a9e22ce44a5bd6ff29c1#:~:text=Outside%20the%20farm%2C%20officers%20faced%20off%20with%20demonstrators%20and%20fired%20tear%20gas%20to%20disperse%20them%2C%20a%20federal%20agent%20wrote%20in%20court%20filings.%20One%20demonstrator%20threw%20a%20gas%20canister%20back%20at%20Border%20Patrol%20officers%2C%20according%20to%20the%20agent.%20Another%20demonstrator%2C%20who%20is%20sought%20by%20the%20FBI%2C%20appeared%20to%20fire%20a%20gun.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AP News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. At the farm in Carmillo, masked agents \u201cdeployed onto the property,\u201d while officers fired tear gas at protestors. One protestor threw a gas canister back at Border Patrol; another protestor \u201cappeared to fire a gun\u201d and is now \u201csought by the FBI.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These raids came at the end of a month\u2019s worth of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-presidency-news-06-07-25#cmbn39rj700003b6mq3vcjjoh:~:text=Protests%20in%20and%20around%20Los%20Angeles%20erupted%20on%20Friday%20after%20at%20least%2044%20people%20were%20arrested%20by%20federal%20immigration%20agents%20earlier%20in%20the%20day.%20The%20arrests%20come%20amid%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20crackdown%20on%20immigration%2C%20which%20has%20involved%20waves%20of%20raids%20and%20deportations%20across%20the%20country.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">intense clashes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and increasing tensions between the Los Angeles community and law enforcement, ICE, Border Patrol, and the National Guard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Agents arrested over 360 people during the raid, including at least four U.S. citizens (one of whom, George Retes, is an Army veteran). A man named <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caminodelsolfuneralhome.com\/obituary\/Jaime-AlanisGarcia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jaime Alanis Garcia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tragically died after falling off a greenhouse roof while trying to find safety.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A father of two, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/father-of-2-deported-emergency-family-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Juve Lima<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was \u201cdeported to Mexico with no chance to fight for his freedom or a chance to say goodbye.\u201d Julie Quintero recounts what Juve told her about his experience:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIn the limited contact we\u2019ve had with him, Juve shared that during the raid, he attempted to hide, but ICE agents released gas into the area. The gas left him struggling to breathe, forcing him and others out of hiding. Once agents found where he was, they beat him in the back and tased him to subdue him. He witnessed agents shoot others with rubber bullets and subject them to the same suffering. During his deportation process, agents also threatened and mistreated him, creating a traumatic experience that has left him and our family in deep fear and pain. It breaks our hearts to hear the pain in his voice as he described how they tortured him.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39809\" style=\"width: 704px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-39809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1-1-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"Juve Lima\" width=\"704\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1-1.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: GoFundMe By Julie Quintero<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many families are still unable to confirm where their loved ones are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The United Farm Workers Release a Statement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ufw.org\/about-us\/our-vision\/#:~:text=Begun%20in%20the%20early%201960s%20by%20Cesar%20Chavez%2C%20Dolores%20Huerta%2C%20Larry%20Itliong%2C%20and%20other%20organizers%2C%20the%20United%20Farm%20Workers%20of%20America%20is%20the%20nation%E2%80%99s%20first%20enduring%20and%20largest%20farm%20workers%E2%80%99%20union.%20The\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">United Farm Workers of America<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, founded in the 1960s, is \u201cthe nation\u2019s first enduring and largest farm workers\u2019 union.\u201d Most of their activism focuses on the agricultural landscape in California, though UFW contracts protect thousands of workers in California, Oregon, and Washington. They also work to develop legislation to ensure the protection of non-unionized farmers, including the nation\u2019s first law requiring overtime pay for farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Four days after the raid, on July 14th, the United Farm Workers released a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ufw.org\/ufw-statement-of-caution-on-cannabis\/#:~:text=The%20United%20Farm,or%20even%20deportation.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Statement of Caution on Cannabis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, urging \u201cworkers who are not U.S. citizens to avoid working in the cannabis industry, even at state-licensed operations.\u201d UFW continues on to explain that \u201c(b)ecause cannabis remains criminalized under federal law, any contact with federal agencies could have serious consequences even for people with legal status, including lawful permanent residents, DACA holders, or those with temporary status. Consequences could include detention, loss of status, or even deportation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This response is a humbling reminder of how precarious the cannabis industry is, and how the majority of that precarity falls on the shoulders of those doing the most important work \u2013 growing the medicine itself. It also highlights how the industry\u2019s federal illegality makes it dangerous even for workers who have proper documentation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Glass House Company Response<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ICE chose to target Glass House, the largest legal cannabis cultivator in the state, despite the sheer amount of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/californias-cannabis-raids\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">illicit growth operations happening in California<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Many industry leaders see this choice as a deliberate attack on California\u2019s legal cannabis industry, which is still <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpp.org\/policy\/federal\/#:~:text=While%20the%20vast,Agency%2C%20or%20DEA.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">federally illegal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-07-26\/ice-raid-at-major-pot-operation-clouds-picture-for-legal-cannabis-in-california#:~:text=Glass%20House%20Brands%2C%20whose,investors%20and%20powerful%20lobbyists.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LA Times article about the ICE raid<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> draws attention to Glass House\u2019s nickname as the \u201cWalmart of Weed,\u201d explaining that the nickname points to both the consumer convenience and market dominance of the brand \u2014 both largely dependent on its powerful financial backers and \u201cstreamlined, low-cost production methods.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On August 4, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/glasshousebrands.com\/press-release\/glass-house-brands-provides-updates-to-recent-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glass House released a statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> including information about the raid and a bulleted list detailing ways the company is restructuring its \u201clabor practices.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The company says they are \u201cimplementing best practices for determining employment eligibility for its employees and for ensuring eligibility of employees of contractors.\u201d Glass House Brands never explicitly states that they are doing everything they can to avoid having immigrants in their fields moving forward. In fact, the term \u201cimmigrant\u201d was never used once in the entire statement. But with some careful reading, it\u2019s clear that they want to send a strong message about their commitment to vetting employees\u2019 and contractors\u2019 \u201celigibility.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The company also states that, beyond the nine Glass House employees detained or arrested, everyone else was either a third-party contractor or \u201cunassociated with the Company.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ultimately, Glass House is in the position to set the precedent for how cannabis companies respond to ICE raids \u2013 and their response, at least based on their statement, seems to be to build distance.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39808\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-39808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"glass house raid\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal immigration agents toss tear gas at protesters during a raid in the agriculture area of Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, July 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Photo\/Michael Owen Baker, File<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Carefully Selected Words<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There tends to be a business-as-usual-ification in mainstream reports of this raid (and what\u2019s happening with ICE at large). The specific words used in the media greatly impact how we perceive events. For example, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/encyclopedia.ushmm.org\/content\/en\/article\/deportations#:~:text=The%20Germans%20attempted%20to%20disguise%20their%20intentions%2C%20referring%20to%20deportations%20as%20%22resettlement%20to%20the%20east.%22%20The%20victims%20were%20told%20they%20were%20to%20be%20taken%20to%20labor%20camps%2C%20but%20in%20reality%2C%20from%201942%20onward%2C%20deportation%20for%20most%20Jews%20meant%20transit%20to%20killing%20centers%20and%20then%20death.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Holocaust Encyclopedia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> states that, while transferring Jews to killing centers, \u201cThe Germans attempted to disguise their intentions&#8230;as \u2018resettlement to the east.\u2019\u201d Germans sanitized descriptions in order to suppress public knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But the manipulation of language in the press is not unique to the Nazi Regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Right now in the United States, Black and Brown people are being targeted, kidnapped, put on planes, and sometimes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/06\/01\/g-s1-69780\/trump-deportations-south-sudan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sent to a country they&#8217;re not even from<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 all largely happening <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescue.org\/article\/due-process-rights-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">without due process<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. That is, ICE can take someone in broad daylight and send them to another country without that person ever setting foot in front of a judge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The government and mainstream media are calling this a deportation. Yet there are so many other words that also describe what\u2019s happening. Neighbors, coworkers, family, friends, teachers, business owners, and so many more are all disappearing. Being kidnapped. Stolen from their loved ones. Ripped away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These honest descriptions are much harder to ignore than the sugarcoated and flattened catch-all term \u201cdeportation.\u201d Even the most \u201cfactual\u201d media will inherently impart a message through word choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Updates and Shared Humanity<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two months ago, a community member in California posted a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SantaBarbara\/comments\/1m08tjd\/list_of_all_gofundmes_for_those_affected_by_ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">masterlist of GoFundMe campaigns<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Reddit for people impacted by the Glass House ICE raid. It\u2019s not just a list of places to donate; it\u2019s a vital collection of stories about the people and communities that the raid impacted. Some campaigns include updates, so they\u2019re also a way to know about what\u2019s happening to some of the people ICE captured.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s a small peek into some of the aftermath. A young man received a scared call from his mother during the raid and hasn\u2019t heard anything since. School staff members stepped up to fundraise for students whose families were torn apart. Many of the workers who were taken were single parents who also supported their elderly parents, many of whom cannot enter the United States. One mother was in custody for ten days, while another didn\u2019t have a court date until August, only to be denied bond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You\u2019re breathing. Your heart is beating. Certain things always make you laugh, and there are some topics you try not to talk about. Maybe there are specific childhood memories you hold dear, and smells that bring you right back to hugging someone you can\u2019t hug anymore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The same can be said about every single person mentioned in this article. In just these simple ways, we all have an immense amount in common. Don\u2019t let the world\u2019s inhumanity take away your ability to see yourself and others as human. It\u2019s the main thing we have to hold onto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Where to Go From Here<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/06\/department-of-defense-security-for-the-protection-of-department-of-homeland-security-functions\/#:~:text=To%20the%20extent%20that%20protests%20or%20acts%20of%20violence%20directly%20inhibit%20the%20execution%20of%20the%20laws%2C%20they%20constitute%20a%20form%20of%20rebellion%20against%20the%20authority%20of%20the%20Government%20of%20the%20United%20States.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump\u2019s memorandum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to deploy Federal Troops in LA, he wrote: \u201cTo the extent that protests or acts of violence directly inhibit the execution of the laws, they constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In other words, <\/span><b>if you engage in violence or protest that prevents ICE from taking members of your community, you are officially rebelling against the government<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. And neither \u201cviolence\u201d nor \u201cprotest\u201d are clearly defined term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is not a story that can be tied up, at least not right now. It certainly can\u2019t be covered in full depth in one article. You\u2019re part of this story too, no matter how removed you may or may not feel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What role do you want to play?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glass House, one of California\u2019s biggest cannabis companies, became the focus of national headlines after federal agents carried out dramatic raids on two of its farms. The incident raised questions about how federal authorities approach large-scale cannabis operations and sparked heated reactions from community members and industry observers. What unfolded that day highlighted the growing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":39807,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17911,254],"tags":[49,1083,17624,18469,17534,17813,18471,18468,18470,18472],"class_list":["post-39803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-lifestyle","tag-california-cannabis","tag-cannabis-business","tag-cannabis-industry-news","tag-cannabis-raid","tag-cannabis-workers","tag-deportation","tag-federal-enforcement","tag-glass-house","tag-ice-raid","tag-ufw"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v26.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Glass House Cannabis Raid: What Happened<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ICE raids on Glass 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