LAS VEGAS — A vigil was held in Las Vegas for Jaime Alanis, a 57-year-old man who died following an ICE raid at a Southern California cannabis farm.
Alanis fell 30 feet from a greenhouse roof during the raid and died the next day. The Department of Homeland Security stated that it was executing criminal search warrants and that Alanis was never in ICE custody.
The Las Vegas Party for Socialism and Liberation argued that ICE’s presence on the farm directly caused Alanis’s death. Matthew Becerra, whose grandparents are Mexican immigrants, expressed mixed emotions upon hearing the news…