<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A farmworker who fell from a greenhouse roof during a chaotic ICE raid this week at a California cannabis facility died on Saturday of his injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jaime Alanis, 57, is the first person to die in one of the Trump administration’s anti-immigration operations. Yesenia Duran, Alanis' niece, confirmed his death to The Associated Press.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Duran has posted on the fundraising site GoFundMe to say her uncle was his family's only provider and he had been sending his earnings back to a wife and daughter in Mexico. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/talisman-sabre-military-exercises-australia-china-monitoring/5932c502-9125-4cb6-af94-09551067b767" rel="" target="" title=" China expected to spy on major Australian military exercises"><strong><span> China expected to spy on major Australian military exercises</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The United Food Workers said Alanis worked at the farm for 10 years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“These violent and cruel federal actions terrorize American communities, disrupt the American food supply chain, threaten lives and separate families,” the union said recently in a statement on the social platform X.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The UFW reported Alanis’ death prematurely late on Friday, but the Ventura County Medical Center later issued a statement authorised by the family saying he was still on life support.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/usa-california-farmworker-jaime-alanis-fell-from-roof-chaotic-ice-raid-dies/5a98515b-db82-427c-9723-e1e1c8da81e8" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/usa-florida-lawmakers-allowed-alligator-alcatraz-say-detainees-packed-into-cages/2a77bb3e-3545-456f-8971-f139b6112dd5"><strong><span>Trump's Alligator Alcatraz detainees 'packed into cages' visitors say</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Department of Homeland Security said it executed criminal search warrants Thursday at Glass House Farms facilities in Camarillo and Carpinteria.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Garcia called family to say he was hiding and possibly was fleeing agents before he fell about nine meters from the roof and broke his neck, according to information from family, hospital and government sources.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Agents arrested some 200 people suspected of being in the country illegally and identified at least 10 immigrant children on the sites, DHS said in a statement. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Alanis was not among them, the agency said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“This man was not in and has not been in CBP or ICE custody,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-nowra-man-alleged-axe-assault-police-chase/1c3adb1c-626b-40a4-b975-d071a5324845"><strong><span>Man allegedly assaults woman with axe, runs her over with own car</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“Although he was not being pursued by law enforcement, this individual climbed up to the roof of a greenhouse and fell 30 feet. CBP immediately called a medivac to the scene to get him care as quickly as possible.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Four US citizens were arrested during the incident for allegedly “assaulting or resisting officers,” according to DHS, and authorities were offering a $76,000 (US$50,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of a person suspected of firing a gun at federal agents.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During the raid crowds of people gathered outside the facility in Camarillo to seek information about their relatives and protest immigration enforcement. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities clad in military-style helmets and uniforms faced off with the demonstrators, and people ultimately retreated amid acrid green and white billowing smoke.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/padstow-heights-teenager-killed-after-driver-allegedly-runs-red-light/6a9b19b9-536a-4e3f-9bc0-ed44cd24c259"><strong><span>Young man killed by ute driver who allegedly ran red light</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Glass House, a licensed California cannabis grower, said in a statement that immigration agents had valid warrants. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The company said workers were detained and it is helping provide them with legal representation. The farm also grows tomatoes and cucumbers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“Glass House has never knowingly violated applicable hiring practices and does not and has never employed minors,” it said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The business is owned by Graham Farrar, a generous donor to California Democrats including Gov. Gavin Newsom, a vocal critic of Republican President Donald Trump.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/mount-druitt-updates-man-shot-by-police-in-westfield-carpark-after-fight-breaks-out/ab4cd513-cffb-450f-9444-524720ecd0bb"><strong><span>Father-of-two shot dead by police after brawl allegedly involving wife</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div>