Anti-ICE Protestors Douse Themselves in Milk to

A big-scale Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at Glass House Farms, a outstanding hashish facility in Camarillo, Ventura County, escalated into a unstable standoff on Thursday, as federal brokers clashed with protesters and detained a number of undocumented farmworkers. 

The operation, which seems to have been supported by National Guard troops, drew widespread condemnation from native Democrats and activists, many of whom joined a massive crowd of protestors that threatened to flip the state of affairs hostile for ICE brokers.

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The raid started around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday morning at the power, which is positioned on Laguna Road and Las Posas Road. It was carried out alongside a simultaneous operation at one other Glass House Farms location in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County. ICE brokers, backed by military-style autos, sealed off the Camarillo website with U.S. Border Patrol-branded crime scene tape. 

🧵HAPPENING NOW: Unhinged leftists in Ventura County (those I’ve been sharing iG posts from) are in a standoff with ICE at a farm close to Camarillo. VCBOS’ Yianey Lopez goes oh KTLA to inform people who may need help to contact 805Undocufund and 805 Immigrant Coalition- the very… pic.twitter.com/nCghAEpnaw

— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) July 10, 2025

Videos captured brokers chasing employees through fields, with studies of at least one particular person held at gunpoint and a number of U.S. residents detained. An estimated 12 to 15 employees have been detained at the Camarillo facility, though some sources recommend up to 100 detentions across both websites.

What initially appeared to be a peaceable demonstration turned chaotic when ICE brokers deployed tear fuel, smoke canisters, and rubber bullets to disperse the more and more agitated crowd. Video taken at the scene exhibits something but a peaceable protest, despite the declarations of some on social media.

By 12:35 p.m., tear fuel compelled some protesters to flee, with others utilizing milk to counter its results. The Ventura County Fire Department declared a mass casualty incident, transporting three people to hospitals by 2:00 p.m. due to tear fuel publicity.

Anarchists on the market proudly posting video telling ICE brokers “f**k you” over and over pic.twitter.com/WixOljneYx

— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) July 11, 2025

The raid follows a collection of ICE operations in Ventura County, including June sweeps that arrested over 30 farmworkers, inflicting labor shortages. A latest $75 billion funding enhance to ICE, half of a $175 billion immigration enforcement bundle, has fueled such large-scale operations, despite earlier pledges to shield farmworkers. 

The Ventura County Democratic Party and native Catholic dioceses denounced the raids, while Los Angeles County and eight cities introduced a lawsuit against the Trump administration, calling ICE’s ways unconstitutional. Glass House Farms confirmed compliance with ICE search warrants in a assertion on X, but neither ICE nor the Department of Homeland Security has commented.