Army vet George Retes thought his military background and and U.S. citizenship would protect him. Instead, masked ICE agents shattered his window, tear-gassed him, and pinned a knee on his neck as he arrived for work at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, California, on July 10. The marijuana-farm sweep—one of the Trump administration’s largest, with more than 360 arrests—left Retes on suicide watch in federal lock-up for three days, unable to shower, call a lawyer, or comfort his three-year-old daughter on her birthday, before officers freed him uncharged. Retes, who served in Iraq in 2019, now plans to sue through a crowdfunder, and is warning others. He told AP: “It doesn’t matter if your skin is brown… or if you’re a veteran. They don’t care. They’re just there to fill a quota.” Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted the raids that left one farmworker dead.
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