Mexico Considering Legal Action Against ICE Over Migrant's Death
Source: Newsweek
Published Jul 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM EDT Updated Jul 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM EDT
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced that her administration is considering filing a formal complaint in U.S. courts over immigration raids in the United States. Last week, a Mexican national without legal status in the U.S. died after he fell from a building roof while attempting to flee an immigration operation in California.
Jaime Alanis Garcia, a cannabis farmworker who was injured during a chaotic immigration raid by federal authorities in Southern California, died on Saturday, his family said. His death came days after he fell about 30 feet during a raid by federal immigration agents at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, California.
"The family is being supported. The family is being contacted, and we are also looking at the possibility of reporting there because it is unacceptable. It is being reviewed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," Sheinbaum said on Tuesday.
Why It Matters
Tensions in California have been escalating over U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies, with protests and unrest erupting in Los Angeles last month following deportation raids carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents throughout the city. Trump has vowed to remove millions of migrants as part of the GOP's flagship mass deportation policy.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/mexico-legal-action-california-ice-death-claudia-sheinbaum-alanis-garcia-2099546
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