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Daily Mail
11-07-2025
- Daily Mail
California migrant horrendously injured after falling off building while trying to run from ICE
A Mexican father working in the US suffered potentially deadly injuries after falling off a building while running from ICE agents in Southern California during a chaotic raid. Jaime Garcia was working at Glass House Farms in Camarillo when ICE raided it and several migrants took off running. While trying to escape the raid after agents showed up armed, he fell 30 feet off a building and broke his neck and skull, a family member told ABC 7. He was taken to the hospital, where he remains on life support and is not expected to survive. Garcia was working at the cannabis farm in Ventura County to send money home to his wife and daughter in Mexico. 'My uncle Jaime was just a hard-working, innocent farmer,' his niece Yesenia Duran wrote in a GoFundMe. 'He was his family's provider. 'My uncle's life is in critical condition; doctors have told us he won't make it. His injuries are catastrophic. His heart is still beating. God will make His decision. The family said if he passes away, he will be buried in Mexico. The fundraiser had garnered more than $20,000 in the first four hours of going live. Daily Mail has reached out to the family and Glass House Farms for comment. Members of the National Guard were deployed to the farm on Thursday along with law enforcement agents. It was part of the broad federal crackdown on undocumented workers in Southern California that quickly spiraled. After ICE agents fired smoke canisters into a crowd of demonstrators near Laguna Road, an individual could be clearly seen raising a firearm and appeared to discharge it in the agents' direction. Agents blocked off roads and stormed the facility in what witnesses described as a sudden and aggressive operation. Tear gas choked the air, smoke bombs were thrown and projectiles flew. Protesters, farmworkers, and family members scattered through the fields. At least three people were taken to the hospital while dozens more were detained. Video and photos from the scene showed ICE agents clashing with a crowd of more than 100 people - many of them farmworkers or their family members - who had initially formed a human blockade along the road. The raid seemed to come as a complete surprise. The farm's sprawling cannabis operation, one of the largest in the state, was quickly sealed off with yellow crime scene tape marked 'U.S. Border Patrol.'
Axios
13-06-2025
- Business
- Axios
Best Austin day ever with Andy Roddick Foundation CEO
With summer's start, things have heated up with the Austin-based Andy Roddick Foundation and its CEO, Jaime Garcia. Why it matters: The foundation tries to address the opportunity gap by running after-school and summer camps for kids in poorer communities around Austin. "Those that can fund it are giving their kids more and more experiences, and those that can't are just falling behind during the summer, and they're having to relearn their math and reading all over again," Garcia tells Axios. By the numbers: Last year, 220 children from Harris, Hart and Pecan Springs elementary schools — in East and Northeast Austin — attended the foundation summer camps. The chief aim of the camps is to keep up and improve academic skills with 6-to-1 student-to-teacher ratios. "That's like a private school experience," she says, noting outings to museums and spelunking activities at caves. "The two biggest barriers for any child attending after-school and summer care are cost and access." Threat level: President Trump's proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 would zero out funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers, the only federal funding stream dedicated to afterschool and summer programs, per the Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit that advocates for access to afterschool programs. As part of our running feature asking Austinites about their best day ever, we met up with Garcia to talk about her ideal day. Garcia grew up in Houston and came to Austin to attend the University of Texas, where she majored in biology before getting a master's degree in business at Texas State. She and her husband have raised two daughters in southwest Austin. This interview has been edited for clarity. How does your ideal day begin? "I love meeting our foundation partners at Mozart's and ask how I can support them. Or I go for one-on-ones around the lake, where I find peace and where I love to run — I've run four marathons." What's next? "I'm probably hosting a summer tour — it's important for corporations to come through and see the work that's being done. Closing that learning gap means working together. They might see a teacher working on a STEM project with kids. Or how we bring in roller skates and entire kits — how it's tough at first, but how they get the hang of it by week two." What are you doing for lunch? "I might meet at the Grove with a supporter of the foundation. They make a great kale salad." You're meeting with families, too? "I love the foundation's family nights — we'll serve pizza to the kids and their families at one of the schools, and they can do something like create art together. And we always have middle schoolers and high schoolers who have been through the program who rush in — they love helping out." And what about you and your family? "We try to get dinner together. If we're going out, we love Cabo Bob's." "I grew up in a family where my mom made tortillas every single day of my life. We didn't even use forks because we used tortillas to eat our food. So I'm very picky going into a restaurant — if it's store-bought, it doesn't work for me. Hence Cabo Bob's — they've got homemade tortillas — and they're fun, too."
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Yankees could look to bring back former prospect
Yankees could look to bring back former prospect originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Zack Littell isn't a front-page name. But as the trade market begins to take shape, the right-hander could quietly become one of the more valuable arms available. Advertisement He is someone the New York Yankees know well and someone they should see if they add to their rotation. Littell, now 29, is having a strong season for the Tampa Bay Rays, posting a 3.68 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, and just 14 walks over 80.2 innings. He's unbeaten in his last seven starts and has allowed three runs or fewer in 10 of his 13 outings this year. Since May 1, he's thrown 46.2 innings with a 2.70 ERA. Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Zack Littell pitches to the Toronto Blue Jays during the fifth inning at Rogers Sousa-Imagn Images He's also a former Yankee. New York acquired Littell from Seattle in 2016, and he spent parts of two seasons in the Yankees' minor league system before being traded to the Twins in the deal for Jaime Garcia in 2017. Since then, he's bounced from bullpen to rotation, finally settling in as a reliable starter for Tampa Bay.. In 2024, he led the Rays in innings pitched and posted a 3.63 ERA across 156 innings. Advertisement With Tampa Bay currently second in the AL East, Littell's name wouldn't typically surface in trade talks, but as Mark Feinsand points out, the Rays don't operate like most teams. He recently named Littell among a dozen players with rising trade stock and suggested the Rays could move him if the offer is right, especially since he's a free agent after this season. That should catch the Yankees' attention. They're already testing the limits of their rotation depth, and while Marcus Stroman may return soon, the club can't afford to lean solely on hope. Littell wouldn't cost top-tier prospects and could offer exactly what New York needs: stability, innings, and familiarity. The Yankees once saw something in Littell. Now, nearly a decade later, he might be worth bringing back—with a much clearer sense of what he can offer. Advertisement Related: Marcus Stroman's Rehab Begins With Trade Rumors Gaining Steam Related: Giancarlo Stanton's Rehab Becomes Teachable Moment for Yankees Prospects This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 10, 2025, where it first appeared.
