Colleagues rally round California professor arrested during Ice raid on cannabis farm | US immigration
Academicians and colleagues gather around a California professor accused of attacking and accused of attacking a federal officer during a chaotic immigrant raid at a marijuana farm resulted in the death of a worker.
John Caravello, a professor of mathematics and philosophy on the channel islands of California State University, joined a protestor crowd when they arrived in Glass House Cannabis Farm in Camarillo, about 50 miles north of Los Angeles.
He was among the hundreds of people arrested at the Glass House facilities in Camarillo and nearby Carpinteria. Protesters such as Caravello are about 360 farm workers and US military veteran Working as a security guard. The sweeping operation took a widespread examination after the death of a farmer worker who fell from a greenhouse roof, especially while trying to hide from agents. The biggest raid in terms of arrest and Trump administration is thought to be the first death due to immigration pressure in California.
Caravello, who voluntarily voluntarily as an organizer and immigrant advocate, has to throw an tear tin to law enforcement officers and “attack, resistance or blocking” officers, declaration. However, witnesses at the scene tell a different story.
Genevie Flores-Haro, the assistant director of Oxnard-based Micop (Mixteco Indigena Community Organization Project), knew Caravello and was among the present demonstrators when he was arrested. Flores-Haro, on Thursday morning, said that the phones of the immigrant rights activists team began to fly up with reports from the family and friends in Glass House Farms with the US immigration and customs conservation (ICE).
Immediately after 11:00, when they came to the scene at the Camarillo Farm, ice agents had already established cones and yellow tapes adorned with “Customs and Border Patrol” to prevent the street. According to Flores-Haro, a demonstrator crowd that eventually grew up for 200 people began to mention “Chinga la Migra, which means“ Fucking US immigration and border patrol ”.
The demonstrators also tried to use their bodies to prevent the passage of ice minibuses trying to leave with their detainees. Instead of using non-violent methods, Flores-Haro made ICE agents military-style tools and launched tear gas in the crowd. Later, the agents used additional tears and rubber bullets against demonstrators.
Following the arrest of Caravello, Floreres-Haro said, “the only tear boxes I’ve ever seen were ice agents and national guards,” he said. Flores-Haro said Caravello helps a demonstrator using a wheelchair. He said he didn’t see he had touched a tin box, but some reports were trying to remove Caravello’s demonstrator under his wheelchair.
Flores-Haro said the show is largely peaceful and that it describes the use of tears as unnecessary by the officers. “A few people could take action, but he did not deserve this show of power. I am an American citizen. I was born here. After tears, Flores-Haro had difficulty breathing and still experiencing a cough.
The Ministry of Internal Security (DHS) and Ice did not respond to more than one Guardian request to comment on the arrest of Caravello and what was on the farm. 39 -year -old US lawyer Bill Essayli, who was recently appointed for the central region of California, known as the practitioner of Donald Trump during the immigration war in Los Angeles X Caravello was arrested for “a tear tin at the law enforcement officers”.
Flores-Haro said he spoke to Caravello at a Camarillo City Council meeting the night before Raıd took place. During Public CommentsCaravello described the Ventura District Tenants Union and CSUI professor and a long time as an organizer, and more recently as a volunteer with VC Defensa, a coalition of local organizations dedicated to protecting immigrant and refugee populations in Ventura and Santa Barbara districts. He asked the members of the Council to stand against Ice’s presence in the community, stating that most of their students and their families were undocumented.
Caravello is my responsibility to protect them, and therefore I patrol the streets of the city after armed, masked bandits trying to kidnap my neighbors. ”
Caravello was released on Monday with a bond of $ 15,000, but still faced criminal charges and is planned to be arranged on August 1st.
When he got rid of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center at the beginning of this week, a small crowd of supporters “John Caravelo deserves a medal to keep up with the community” – a hymn that brings tears to the professor’s eyes.
Cal State Channel Islands said in a statement, “We are currently gathering additional information to fully understand the conditions of the incident. Our understanding that Professor Caravello has participated in a protest in a peaceful way
Caravello refrained from commenting because the case was still on out, but friend California Faculty Association My colleague Theresa Montaño said he was relieved because his friend was released, but he was still worried about other prisoners. Families are still looking for some farm workers and others, and El Paso appeared in facilities up to Texas.
“John is a part of a union and activist organization, Mont said Montaño. “Everyone has no networks to fight for them.” Montaño also said he was sure that Caravello, whom he described as “big hearts, would be cleaned.
“John is not guilty and we have witnesses to prove it, Mont says Montaño. “He is an experienced organizer. He would never throw anything into a federal agent.”
