"On Thursday federal immigration agents joined by National Guard soldiers carried out two brutal immigration raids in Carpinteria and Camarillo, California, which left at least one worker dead and several others hospitalized. Reports indicate as many as 200 people have been taken by the immigration Gestapo.

In a post on social media, the United Farm Workers union confirmed that a “farm worker” died of injuries “sustained as a result of yesterday’s immigration enforcement action.”

In a GoFundMe, Yeseni Duran said her uncle Jaime Garcia, “was chased by ICE agents and we were told he fell 30 [feet].” In an interview with ABC 7, Garcia’s family confirmed he had broken his neck and skull.

Duran wrote that her uncle lived in Mexico with his family but worked in the US to help provide for them. “He was his family’s provider. They took one of our family members. We need justice. We are still investigating what happened. More details to come.”

In an expression of the massive anger the fascist raids have provoked among large sections of the population, less than 24 hours after the GoFundMe for Jaime was established it has already exceeded its $50,000 goal.

The UFW confirmed that several farm workers were “critically injured” during the raid and that “US citizens, remain unaccounted for.

Pointing to a massive government cover-up, the UFW reported that “Many workers- including US citizens, were held by federal authorities at the farm for 8 hours or more. US citizen workers report only being released after they were forced to delete photos and videos of the raid from their phones.”

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