FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ( Update )
CONTACT: Bob Smith, 805-847-0288
It is imperative that we address the events in Carpinteria and Camarillo this past week with clarity and resolve. Here are the verified facts from the ICE raids at Glass House Farms:
• Federal agents executed criminal search warrants at Glass HouseFarms in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, rescuing 14 trafficked minors from Mexico
and Honduras from potential forced labor, exploitation, and trafficking amid a crisis of over 300,000 missing border children. California law prohibits those under 21 from cannabis
work, with alleged violations uncovered
• Glass House Farms, targeted in raids at both Camarillo and Carpinteria, is one of California’s largest cannabis producers: a 5.5 million-square-foot complex producing over
310,000 pounds annually, costing them only $103-$125 per pound to produce. Glass House Brands, the parent company, is publicly traded on the stock market under the ticker GLASF.
• DHS reports multiple arrests that include prior convictions for burglary, rape, kidnapping, DUIs, and child molestation.
These details demand serious reflection and accountability. Rather than supporting law enforcement or the victims, my opponent, Congressman Salud Carbajal, defended the farm, overlooking child
labor exploitation. Glass House Farms’ leadership contributed $8,800 directly to him from President Graham Farrar, whose farm is now under federal criminal investigation for child labor violations.
Carbajal showed up at the raid site, not to demand answers about the
exploited minors, but to “inspect” and criticize agents, effectively shielding a major donor facing scrutiny for potential child trafficking and labor abuses.
In response to Carbajal’s inflammatory claims in Noozhawk that “brown people” are being targeted to meet “xenophobic quotas,” the facts reveal a targeted operation against criminal exploitation, not indiscriminate
profiling. His rhetoric ignores the rescued children and arrests of prior convicted predators, while stoking division and endangering officers. ICE reports Carbajal participated in a violent mob that obstructed
justice, even doxxing an agent by sharing his business card with rioters who left the officer bloodied from thrown rocks, contributing to a 700% increase in assaults on federal personnel. The media must not have seen
the thousands in separate donations directly to my opponent. ICE has reported that Carbajal’s actions obstructed federal operations amid violence, undermining those who enforce the laws he helps craft.
Why isn’t he in Washington advocating for reforms instead of protecting donors and inflaming tensions? California faces systemic corruption, with leaders like Carbajal prioritizing criminals over children for personal benefit. This transcends partisanship; it concerns fundamental right and wrong. Our children, laws, and communities merit better. Everyone committed to justice, child protection, and combating greed: join me in demanding accountability. Together, we can restore integrity and make California a place of reason, safety, and opportunity once more.