A California farmworker who fell from a rooftop during a chaotic ICE raid in Southern California
died from his injuries
on Saturday, his family said.
Jaime Alanis, 57, had been
working at a farm in Camarillo
for 10 years, according to his relatives. Witnesses said he was hiding from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents when he fell from the roof and fractured his neck.
Alanis is believed to be the first person killed in an ICE raid since President Trump took office in January and began
aggressively enforcing U.S. immigration law
.
“These violent and cruel federal actions terrorize American communities, disrupt the American food supply chain, threaten lives and separate families,” the
United Farm Workers union said
in a statement. Alanis and others at the Camarillo facility were not represented by the union.
About 200 people suspected of entering the U.S. illegally were arrested Thursday in the
raids at Camarillo and Carpintero facilities
owned by Glass House Farms, the feds said. Both farms are licensed to grow cannabis in California and the Camarillo facility also grows tomatoes and cucumbers.
Eight people were
hospitalized following the raids
, including Alanis, according to local officials. The Camarillo raid was met by a large group of protesters and four people were arrested for interfering with federal agents.
Video showed one person appearing to
fire a gun at the agents
and a $50,000 reward was offered for tips leading to their arrest. No law enforcement officers were wounded in the confrontation.
The
Department of Homeland Security
said Alanis was not a target of Thursday’s raid and was never in ICE custody, nor was he actively being pursued when he fled to the greenhouse roof. His family said he worked to send money back to relatives in Mexico.
Earlier this year, Trump claimed ICE would stop raiding farms across the country to avoid disrupting the U.S. food chain. However, the
raids resumed shortly afterward
.
With News Wire Services
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