Rep. Mike Garcia: Black market pot, our open border, lax law enforcement – how we fought back in my district

In California’s 25th District – just an hour’s drive from downtown Los Angeles -- there is a perfect storm that showcases what happens when you combine open borders with the failure to enforce the law.

These "illegal marijuana grows" are run mostly by transnational criminal organizations and worked by  roughly 95 % illegal immigrants serving as indentured servants. There are thousands of these massive illegal operations in California’s 25th District alone, but even more throughout the region. The criminals running these illegal grows are stealing water and other resources, threatening community members with violence, human trafficking illegal immigrants, and money laundering billions of dollars.