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President Trump is proving that putting America first is a top priority of his administration. On Friday, federal agents raided a massive marijuana farm in Camarillo, Ventura County, California, and arrested at least 361 illegal migrants and rescued 14 children from a den of crime and exploitation.
The raid serves as a testament to Trump’s unwavering commitment to law and order. Tricia Mclaughlin, who serves as the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said that the cesspool of dangerous illegals had “heinous rap sheets, including kidnapping, child molestation, rape, serial burglary, hit and runs,” adding, “These are people that should not be in our communities illegally, much less around innocent children.”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents heroically “rescued at least 14 migrant children from what looks like exploitation, forced child labor, and potentially human trafficking or smuggling while facing assault and even gunfire,” McLaughlin remarked.
Ten of the children, with one as young as 14, were unaccompanied minors. “This is rapidly becoming one of the largest operations since President Trump took office,” she said.
CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott shared a powerful image of agents with the rescued minors. He captioned it with, “These are juveniles found in the marijuana facility – almost all unaccompanied, one as young as 14. California are you ready to partner with us to stop child exploitation?”
California’s radical Democrats, led by Governor Gavin Newsom, slammed the Trump administration for the raid, falsely claiming agents had tear-gassed children and separated families. “We prosecute criminals that break child labor laws,” Newsom claimed, as he accused federal agents of taking staged photos and pushing harmful policies.
Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., called the operation “disproportionate” and “overkill,” warning it could spark violence. He conveniently failed to condemn the leftist protester who fired a handgun at agents during the raid, while others hurled rocks.
President Trump stood firm and declared, “I know for a fact that these Officers are having a hard time with allowing this to happen in that it shows such total disrespect for LAW AND ORDER.” He authorized ICE and other federal agencies to use any means necessary to arrest the perpetrators, a clear zero-tolerance directive for attacks on law enforcement.