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DEA Raid Triggers Panic in East Valley; Farmworkers Hide in Fields Amid Triple-Digit Heat

Name: DEA Raid Triggers Panic in East Valley; Farmworkers Hide in Fields Amid Triple-Digit Heat
Uploaded: 2025-06-19T10:15:00-07:00
Channel: NBC Palm Springs
Description: After a massive DEA marijuana bust in the East Valley, hundreds of farmworkers reportedly hid in fields, afraid of immigration enforcement. Some took shelter with strangers as fears of family separation gripped the community.

By: NBC Palm Springs

June 19, 2025

East Valley DEA raidfarmworkers hidingMecca marijuana bustThermal cannabis operationundocumented immigrants arrestedRaul Ruiz immigrationICUC Coachella ValleyDEA enforcement fear

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