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Vol. 31, No. 44
July 17 - 23, 2025
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City addresses failed fireworks enforcement
Immigration raids reach 93013
Before last week, the immigration raids sweeping the United States felt far away from Carpinteria, a beach town home to roughly 15,000 residents, a quarter of whom are immigrants. The city is often described as one of the last true California beach towns, and wears the title of “World’s Safest Beach” proudly. But the morning of July 10, that perhaps false sense of security was shattered as dozens of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security agents raided a state-legal cannabis farm just outside city limits, detaining and removing at least 10 farmworkers accused of being undocumented. In the hours that followed, community members rushed to Ca-
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sitas Pass Road, demanding the farmworkers be released. Agents threw smoke bombs and flash grenades at the crowd, as a few protesters lobbed rocks in return. Hundreds of locals rushed to city hall for a special meeting addressing immigration enforcement concerns that same night, asking the city council to protect its immigrant community. At least two of those detained — both California residents of nearly 20 years — have since been deported to Mexico; one is the mother of three U.S. children. Coverage of the raid, the protest, and the aftermath can be read on pages 4–8 of this week’s print.
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