Salud Ortiz Carbajal: “The Coast Guard is the premier agency tasked with projecting sovereignty in the Arctic, which is a critically important…”

Today, I was at Casitas Pass Road in Carpinteria where ICE was conducting a raid using disproportionate displays of force against local farm workers and our agricultural community.

They are also a gross misuse of limited resources and a betrayal of the values that define us as Americans.

The Sable pipeline restart is a classic example of the Trump administration abusing power to benefit political allies at the expense of local communities.

And let me be clear, these militarized ICE raids are not how you keep our communities safe.