Deadly Chaos at California ICE Raid Exposes Flaws in Immigration Enforcement

In a grim reminder of the human cost behind aggressive immigration crackdowns, Jaime Alanis, a 57-year-old farmworker, died after falling from a greenhouse roof amid a chaotic ICE raid at Glass House Farms in California. Alanis’s death marks the first fatality linked to anti-immigration operations under the Trump administration—a painful outcome that raises serious questions about the conduct and consequences of such federal actions. How Did Enforcement Turn Deadly? The Department of Homeland Security executed criminal search warrants at cannabis facilities in Camarillo and Carpinteria, targeting undocumented workers and resulting in roughly 200 arrests. Yet, it is clear that these...