Cannabis president Farm Target by Fed Raids donated thousands to Dems

First of all on the fox: The president of Glass House Farms, the cannabis farm that the federal immigration authorities attacked Thursday in California despite demonstrations, gave thousands of people to the Democrats in California.

The co-founder, president and director of the board of directors, Graham Farrar, who identifies himself on social networks as a resident in Santa Barbara, California, has made numerous political gifts to the federal political action committee of Santa Barbara County Central Committee and representing Salud Carbajal, D-Calif. Federal Electoral Commission Records.

According to California Public campaign financing recordsHe also made a donation of $ 10,000 to the California Governor of California Gavin Newsom in 2018, and his last public political donation was at the Democratic Assembly of California Gregg Hart in July 2023.

Immigration operation at California Cannabis Farms leads to the conflict between federal agents and demonstrators

California governor Gavin Newsom speaks to journalists after a presidential debate between President Joe Biden and the Republican presidential candidate, former president Donald Trump in Atlanta on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP photo / John Bazemore)

Customs and border protection commissioner Rodney Scott tweeted that the farm was “now under investigation for child labor violations” and that the Ministry of Homeland Security said on Friday that nine unaccompanied children in the United States had been illegally saved.

“So happy that our application of the law can save another child,” said DHS assistant secretary, Tricia McLaughlin.

Glass House Brands said in a statement that they had respected the federal mandates issued.

“Yesterday, Glass House’s brands received immigration and naturalization mandates. According to law, we checked that the mandates were valid and that we compared. The workers were detained and we help provide them with legal representation,” tweeted the company.

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Federal immigration agents throw tear gas to the demonstrators during a raid in the agricultural area of ​​Camallo, California, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP photo / Michael Owen Baker)

“Glass House has never knowingly violated applicable job practices and has not and never used minors. We do not expect this to affect operations in the future. We will provide additional details if necessary.”

“Know that there are a lot of questions, we also have a lot, because we get more information than we update. Our team has been continuously on site and we focus on taking care of our people and our plants”, ” Farrar published to X.

Flux X of Farrar also shows him republican retweets, such as the former representative Matt Gaetz, in support of the political reforms of cannabis.

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The demonstrators clashed Thursday with the federal authorities in Camillo during an immigration operation. Federal authorities had a mandate for illegal employees, Fox News learned. Another raid also occurred in another glass house farm in Carpinteria.

In addition, the American lawyer for Bill California Bill Essayli from the California central district said that the FBI had offered a $ 50,000 scholarship for information leading to the conviction of an unknown suspect who seemed to award a pistol among federal law enforcement agents near Camillo.

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The soldiers of the National Guard block the demonstrators during an ice immigration raid on a nearby cannabis farm on July 10, 2025, near Camillo, California. (Getty Images / Mario Tama)

People have been seen that agents faced, who used tear gas and smoke bombs. Federal staff used gas to repel the demonstrators who arrived at the scene after obtaining a word from a raid.

Military helicopters have also been seen flying in the fields, a maneuver generally used to eliminate people hiding.

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“It becomes more and more obvious that the actions taken by ice are daring and aggressive, demonstrating insensitivity to the direct impact on our community,” said Luis Mc Arthur, mayor of Oxnard nearby, in a position of social media. “These actions cause unnecessary distress and damage. I remain determined to work alongside our general prosecutor and the governor’s office to explore potential legal avenues to fight these activities.”

When the governor was asked about the images of someone who shoots a firearm on the federal authorities by the right -wing social media account Libs of Tiktok, Newsom replied “of course, I condemn any aggression against the application of laws, you post.

“California continues exploiters and child traffickers. Trump has tears to children, tears them away from their parents and deports agricultural workers. Priorities,” Tweeté Newsom in response to the Scott position on childhood work claims against the farm.

Fox News contacted Glass House and Newsom.

Louis Casiano and Landon Mion of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.