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Protesters Confront Feds in Camarillo, CA, as Agents Target Farmworkers

HeadlineJul 11, 2025
Image Credit: Daniel Cole/Reuters

In California, dozens of farmworkers were detained as Border agents tear-gassed and clashed with dozens of protesters who intervened during a raid Thursday in Camarillo. This is a protester.

Protester: “These guys showed up all tough, [bleep] cowards, and they’ve already tried to push us out. But there’s more of us here now than there were before. At the end of the day, they’re the ones coming from over there. They’re not from here. … Farmers who work here take more of a beating than anyone else. They’re not the ones who deserve this [bleep] treatment.”

The standoff lasted into the night, with federal agents blocking roads with military-style vehicles and lining up dozens of handcuffed people against a wall who’d been arrested at agricultural fields. The agents said they were executing a warrant at a cannabis farm that also grows tomatoes and cucumbers. The farmworkers arrested were taken away on buses.

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