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Congressman Salud Carbajal accused of endangering ICE employee

July 14, 2025

By KAREN VELIE

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sunday accused Congressman Salud Carbajal of doxing an ICE employee during a raid at a cannabis farm in Carpinteria. Rioters subsequently attacked the ICE employee sending him to the emergency room, according to Homeland Security.

“Doxing ICE personnel and inciting a mob of rioters to attack law enforcement is not oversight—it’s abominable,” said Tricia McLaughlin, with Homeland Security. “His actions sent an ICE employee to the emergency room.”

On. July 10, Carbajal arrived at the Glass House cannabis farm where protesters were attempting to obstruct agents executing a criminal search warrant. Hundreds of rioters threw rocks and other objects at law enforcement and their vehicles.

After informing agents he was a member of congress, Carbajal repeatedly attempted to break through a perimeter established by ICE.

“Rep. Salud Carbajal was part of a violent mob of protestors attempting to obstruct federal law enforcement as they executed a criminal search warrant at a marijuana facility,” Ice posted Sunday on X. “He cites “peaceful” protestors, when in fact these rioters were launching rocks at officers.”

Congressman Salud Carbajal at ICE raid in Carpinteria

During the raid, Carbajal spoke to an ICE public affairs staffer, who gave the congressman his business card. Carbajal then showed the ICE employee’s business card to protesters, who subsequently attacked the employee. A rock hit the man’s hand causing an injury that required stitches.

“This is precisely the rhetoric that has led to orchestrated attempts to murder officers and a 700% increase in officer assaults,” according to ICE. “May the congressman’s constituency always remember he chooses violence over the rule of law.”

In his defense, Carbajal said that ICE is militarizing the streets while inciting fear.

“I witnessed ICE agents using unnecessarily aggressive and militarized tactics against local farm workers and peaceful protesters,” Carbajal posted on X. “It was appalling. This is not how we keep our communities safe.

“As a member of Congress, I have the legal right to oversee federal operations,” Carbajal added. “Yet, I was denied entry.”

During the July 10 raids at Glass House Farms in Carpinteria and Camarillo, agents arrested 361 illegal aliens and rescued 14 migrant children who were victims of potential exploitation, forced labor, and human trafficking.

The investigation into immigration and potential child labor violations by Glass House is ongoing.

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Carbajal needs to quit with the bashing of our president and do his job! All the correspondence I have received from him is ignorance! What good has he done for the people? Our first president, George Washington said, “Do not have political parties, it will divide the nation.” Here we are, hundreds of years later, divided. The word of God says, “A house divided will not stand”.


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People who work at “Glass House” shouldn’t throw stones.


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Salud Carbajal, Ilhan Oman, Alexandria O. Cortez, and Jasmine Crockette All starring in the new blockbuster: Idiocracy 2 When Stupid Meets Ignorant! Coming Soon To A Theater near you!


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Heavily armed, masked force arrest a Congressman? This is beyond grotesque and a vast overreach. The Gestapo would be proud.


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Or a similar “Heavily armed, masked force” descends on a presidential candidate residence claiming to obtain some documents, do you think thats also “beyond grotesque and a vast overreach. The Gestapo would be proud.”?


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First they came for the Communists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me

And there was no one left

To speak out for me


Pastor Martin Niemöller, 1946


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Non sequitur. ICE agents are enforcing laws which have been on the books for decades. They’re taking steps to avoid being individually identified because they don’t want the cartels, who made billions during the putative Biden administration, actually do kill the families of those who oppose them. This is not Kristallnacht. Try again.


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“As a member of Congress, I have the legal right to oversee federal operations,” Carbajal added. “Yet, I was denied entry.” I think you better go back and check on that one Salud, you are not part of ICE, you are not in charge.


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Carbajal’s claim is correct. He, as a member of congress not only has a right, but it is also part of his job. Did you think only MAGAs had rights? I know not much is expected of them vis a vis doing their jobs. Most of them haven’t a clue what they even are.


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He can call for a hearing on Capitol Hill. He can’t show up to an operation in progress and demand to be ushered in and escorted around asking questions. No more than he could show up at an FBI raid of a terrorist cell, or even a bridge project on the interstate. Congress has oversight powers as an organization. Individual members do not have carte blanche to wander around demanding that everyone bow and scrape before them. Would you grant the same leeway to a Republican or independent member of Congress looking critically into something important to you? One suspects not….

Research and intellectual rigor in analyses are things, by the way. Peace.


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There is a time and place for everything. Trying to insert himself into the middle of an ongoing law enforcement operation was neither the time, nor the place, for oversight. After reading this, I wonder if a closer examination of the congressman is in order? I’d be interested in seeing the results of a FOIA document request by CGN….


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I found it interesting how a few kids working in a field, like they have all our lives, is now being called “sex trafficking” in these comments. Not to mention that someone thinks California, the 4th largest economy in the world, is a “laughingstock” elsewhere. I bet they must be referring to one of the states we support with the 80 BILLION we donate to the federal gov. and never see again every year. Most of them seem to have no idea where their money comes from. I don’t think that disrespecting our Senator was exactly our government’s finest moment either. Nor violating Posse Comitatis. Where are all the 2nd Amendment experts now? And the “state’s rights” folks?


Perhaps people who are not proud of California shouldn’t be living here. I find it had to justify sending people to third counties, dilapidated detention centers and now concentration camps for the “crime” of doing work that supports our state. It seems a bit over the top to condemn people to misery and mortal danger for what amounts, legally, to a misdemeanor. But then again, I shouldn’t assume you all would not think it unfair to receive equal punishment for a misdemeanor. Since you find the idea that a community and elected representatives defending its members so out of line.


And, of course, no way this could be a “race” thing…


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Francesca, isn’t it obvious.

They do… Not See..well. Or is it.. NotSi .well…when when the Hispanics are involved.

It is all a tad fascist for my liking.


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Let’s start with the obvious: This situation was manna from Heaven for Salud, who has always been an insignificant mediocrity, a loyal Democrat salary man who never questions, never takes initiative, never gets out of line. He exists here in the Shire, easily wowing the affluent “Vote Blue No Matter Who” types such as yourself, who as Nancy Pelosi once said, “…would vote for a glass of water if it had a D after its name…”

He saw his chance for a viral moment, and he took it. Too bad it turns out that Glass House Farms is under State investigation for child labor law violations per the LA Times on Monday:


https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-14/pot-farm-raided-by-immigrant-agents-has-open-child-labor-complaint-state-says (Note: paywall, but the article is there)


So no, these were not farm kids driving Dad’s tractor during the summer harvest. It’s illegal for minors to even be present on cannabis farms. Not to mention the fact that convicted criminals, including those who victimized minors, were arrested during this raid, for which ICE had a Federal judicial warrant. This was exploitation, plain and simple. As for the claim about California’s economy, what does it say about the actual depth, breadth, and health of that economy if it’s built on exploited labor? All the Leftist arguments against ICE raids claim that our economic sky will fall if we enforce Federal immigration law. Isn’t that an admission that the so-called “Fourth-largest economy” is really a feudal system in which the Lords and Ladies live in castles while the serfs toil their lives away? And anyway, the condition of the State economy is quite a bit more complicated. Here’s an article from Dan Walters, who is a well-respected journalist:


https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/05/california-fourth-ranked-economy-budget/


And lastly, let’s dispense with your utterly predictable, tired, shop-worn and ridiculous claim that racism plays a part in this. As my Sicilian paternal grandparents would have said, “Basta!” Yes, all four of my grandparents were immigrants, and I am second generation American. Stop already with the cries of racism when you’re not getting your way the instant you want it. The reality is that the Biden administration, whoever that actually was, threw open the doors and let approximately 20 million people into the country in four years, from all over the globe. We simply cannot accept that. This is what Donald Trump ran on, and whether you like it or not, cracking down on illegal immigration is popular, including with Hispanic voters (but interestingly, not with Democrats). We have got to get these people out of the US, and most Americans agree:


https://thehill.com/homenews/5400310-harvard-caps-harris-poll-trump-immigration/


So here’s some food for thought for you, but I suspect it will go uneaten. Peace.


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Why do you support slave labor, Francesca? Why do you think it’s okay to exploit these poor people?


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Simply put it’s because she benefits from it.


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Carbajal was born in Moroleon, Mexico, and remains loyal to his homeland.


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I have no idea where his loyalties lie with these issues, but here are some details about his past.


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“Salud Carbajal, who immigrated illegally with his family at age five (first to Arizona and then) to Oxnard, where his father worked on a farm.”


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