In the wake of Thursday’s deadly immigration raids at two legal California marijuana cultivation sites, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday repeated accusations that Glass House Brands was using undocumented workers and child labor.
However, state marijuana regulators told MJBizDaily that “no minors were on the premises” during a May 2025 site visit.
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Tricia McLaughlin, DHS’s assistant secretary for public affairs, aired the claim during an appearance on Fox News in which she also criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom for speaking out against the raids.
On Thursday, federal authorities detained 319 people suspected of entering the United States illegally, according to DHS.
Agents also “rescued 14 children from potential forced labor,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said during a July 12
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