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{{Infobox incident
| title              = Jaime Alanís García
| date               = 2025-07-12
| city               =
| county             =
| state              = California
| country            = United States
| location_detail    = Camarillo, California
| facility           =
| agencies           = ICE/CBP (multi-agency raid, Glass House Farms cannabis facility)
| operation_type     = Death connected to an immigration-enforcement operation
| status             = Family filed a federal court claim alleging unlawful search/seizure and excessive force; DHS disputes that he was pursued. Widely reported as first death of the administration's interior enforcement operations.
| people_affected    = 1
| injuries           =
| deaths             = 1 — fall while fleeing/hiding
| agents_involved    = 
| vehicles_involved  =
| verification       = source confidence: high
| key_sources        =
* [https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/13/us/farmworker-dies-california-immigration-raids-hnk CNN]
* [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-farmworker-dies-immigration-raid-rcna218467 NBC News]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Camarillo_ICE_raid Wikipedia]
}}

'''Jaime Alanís García''' (57, Mexican) died on 2025-07-12 during or as a result of a ICE/CBP (multi-agency raid, Glass House Farms cannabis facility) operation, in Camarillo, California. During a large ICE cannabis-farm raid he climbed onto a greenhouse roof to evade agents, called family saying he was hiding, then fell ~30 feet, fracturing his neck and skull; died on life support July 12 (fell July 10).

== Official account ==
DHS (Tricia McLaughlin) said he "was not in and has not been in CBP or ICE custody" and, though "not being pursued," climbed the roof and fell.

== What is documented ==
* '''Person:''' Jaime Alanís García, age 57; Mexican.
* '''Location:''' Camarillo, California.
* '''Agency:''' ICE/CBP (multi-agency raid, Glass House Farms cannabis facility).
* '''Cause:''' fall while fleeing/hiding.
* '''Circumstance:''' During a large ICE cannabis-farm raid he climbed onto a greenhouse roof to evade agents, called family saying he was hiding, then fell ~30 feet, fracturing his neck and skull; died on life support July 12 (fell July 10).

== Scrutiny of the official account ==
''Grounded in the sourced record below; this documents the dispute rather than asserting a conclusion.''

* '''Status / dispute:''' Family filed a federal court claim alleging unlawful search/seizure and excessive force; DHS disputes that he was pursued. Widely reported as first death of the administration's interior enforcement operations.

== Unanswered questions ==
# Will the responsible agency release its full records, footage, and the medical examiner's findings?
# Was the death preventable — and were required medical or welfare protocols followed?
# Will an independent body (not the agency itself) investigate?

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== See also ==
* [[:Category:Deaths by immigration enforcement]]
* [[:Category:Deaths during immigration enforcement operations]]

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