On July 11, local organizations and community members came together to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the federal immigration raid on Carpinteria’s Glass House Farm that vanished 10 individuals from their workplace. The coordinated raid with Camarillo’s Glass House Farm on the same day of July 10, 2025, amounted to a total of 361 people detained and the death of farmworker Jaime Alanís Garcia. During the raids of both cannabis farms, agents deployed less-lethal armaments — including tear gas, smoke grenades, flashbang grenades, and rubber bullets — on the hundreds of protesters gathered outside both cannabis farms.
For Saturday’s event, Carpinteria Sin Fronteras organized a four-hour program of ceremony, Aztec dance, speakers, and a march from Linden Avenue field to Glass House Farm and back. The event was organized in collaboration with 805UndocuFund’s 805 Rapid Response Network, Unión del Barrio, SBResiste, Carpinteria Indivisible, and other allies.
“Your presence helps strengthen our message and increases the visibility of our fight for justice,” said a spokesperson for Carpinteria Sin Fronteras. “This is an opportunity for our communities to stand together, for organizations to unite, and to show that we will not forget or be divided.”
The 1.8-mile march from Linden Avenue to Glass House Farm was met with cheers and supportive honks from many passersby. Others stopped to record the procession on their phones, some with disapproving expressions and comments such as “I support ICE.” The marchers did not engage with oppositional onlookers and peacefully walked and danced past them…