Democrats defend child labor at California marijuana farms

Published July 12, 2025 12:01am ET



Waving and wearing Mexican flags, Democratic Party activists threw rocks and water bottles at federal agents as they executed a warrant to find illegal immigrants working at a marijuana farm 90 miles north of Los Angeles last week. When the tear gas had cleared, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that 10 children had been found working there, eight of them unaccompanied by an adult. Despite this, Democratic leaders were unrepentant for opposing the enforcement of federal immigration law.

“How many MS-13 gang members are waking up at 3 a.m. to pick strawberries?” Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) mocked President Donald Trump, unaware or uncaring that it was a marijuana farm that had been raided.

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