The border crisis is not just at the border
California | May 24, 2021
The border crisis is not just at the border.
In Southern California’s high desert, there are thousands of large-scale illegal marijuana grows run by transnational criminal organizations and worked by indentured servants and illegal immigrants. These grows are bad for the environment, wasting natural resources, not regulated or taxed, funneling money to foreign nations, and a threat to citizens’ livelihoods.
Since I was elected to represent California’s 25th District, I have heard horror stories from residents in the Antelope Valley, Acton, and Agua Dulce. People are scared for their lives as they are threatened by these illegal grow owners and workers.
I recently took a helicopter flight above California’s Antelope Valley. As far as the eye could see, there were patches of white from the countless plastic sheets covering the nurseries. We flew for just under an hour and only viewed a small portion of the grows. If you looked closely, you could see a fortress built around each nursery — tall dirt walls that ensured any car driving by would not see what was behind those walls. Each had a single point of entry guarded by an RV and, in some cases, armed personnel…
(Excerpts from Washington Examiner)