US Rep. Salud Carbajal – Part of Violent Mob Attacking ICE at California Marijuana Farm – Likely Entered US Illegally and He Refuses to Share Documentation on His Entry

But ICE responded on X to Carbajal’s tweet:

Rep. Salud Carbajal was part of a violent mob of protestors attempting to obstruct federal law enforcement as they executed a criminal search warrant at a marijuana facility. He cites “peaceful” protestors, when in fact these rioters were launching rocks at officers, injuring at least one ICE employee who was left bloody.

According to agents on the ground, the congressman doxed that same ICE employee by sharing his business card with members of the violent mob.

THIS is precisely the rhetoric that has led to orchestrated attempts to murder officers and a 700% increase in officer assaults.

Rep. Salud Carbajal was part of a violent mob of protestors attempting to obstruct federal law enforcement as they executed a criminal search warrant at a marijuana facility. He cites “peaceful” protestors, when in fact these rioters were launching rocks at officers, injuring at… https://t.co/yPNkcXOqkC

— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) July 13, 2025

When the dust settled, 200 illegals were arrested by ICE and numerous trafficked children were set free.

It turns out that Carbajal may be so emotionally connected to illegal immigrants because he likely entered the US illegally himself. 

The Santa Barbara Current reported on Carbajal’s immigration history in February this year.  The Current shared the following:

In a previous article titled Consequences, Congressman Salud Carbajal’s inspiring immigrant story was briefly mentioned. However, his office strongly objected to the following statement:

“Salud Carbajal, who immigrated illegally with his family at age five (first to Arizona and then) to Oxnard, where his father worked on a farm. Salud eventually became a U.S. citizen, served in the military, and was elected to public office. While Salud’s success story is admirable, it is not the reason many argue for illegal immigration.”

His office specifically challenged the claim that he entered the U.S. illegally, calling it “patently and provably false.” In response, we invited Mr. Carbajal’s office to provide proof of his legal entry, given their assertion that such proof exists and given his extensive public discussion of his immigration story throughout his campaigns. The response? “We have nothing more to discuss.”

If Mr. Carbajal has publicly shared his immigration story for years, why is he now refusing to discuss it?

To be clear, we do not question Mr. Carbajal’s current U.S. citizenship and sincerely hope that he and his family entered the country legally in 1970. However, as an elected official advocating for immigration reform, transparency about his own immigration history is both relevant and necessary.

This response raised important questions and concerns:

• Mr. Carbajal claims his legal entry is provable yet refuses to provide documentation.
• He shared on X, formerly Twitter, a Mexican government photo stating, “This was the picture on my green card when I immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico in 1970 at age 5.”

This was the picture on my green card when I immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico in 1970 at age 5.

When my family arrived in the United States, we weren’t separated or dehumanized—we were welcomed and hopeful of building a better life. #ImmigrantHeritageMonth pic.twitter.com/NNbKjEJzdF

— Rep. Salud Carbajal (@RepCarbajal) June 19, 2019

• The Bracero Program, which allegedly allowed his entire family to immigrate legally, ended in December 1964—one month after his birth and six years before his reported arrival in 1970.
• While Mr. Carbajal has frequently stated that his father was a farmworker, his official biography indicates his father worked in an Arizona mine when his family came to the U.S.
• The Bracero Program was limited to temporary workers in agriculture and railroads due to WWII labor shortages—the mining industry was not part of the program.
• The program granted visas only to individual male laborers, not their families. If his father was a Bracero, how did the entire family enter legally?
• Mr. Carbajal has stated that his family “was not separated” when they came to the U.S. if he was the “last of his seven siblings to come to the U.S” how can both statements be true?
• He was born in Moroleón, Mexico—1,000 miles from the U.S. border. If his family traveled that distance, who facilitated their journey? If he arrived later, how did a young child travel that far alone?
• He has stated multiple times that he was five years old when he immigrated, yet he has also said he came to the U.S. in 1970, which would have made him six years old.

Further Questions

1. How did Mr. Carbajal prove his legal permanent residency when joining the military? While citizenship is not required for enlistment, a green card is. Did he present one? He did not become a citizen until 1990.
2. He applied for U.S. naturalization in 1985 at age 21, after attending UCSB. How did he prove his legal permanent residence at that time?
3. What prompted him to seek citizenship after living in the U.S. for around 15 years?
4. What role did the UCSB organization El Congreso, associated with MEChA and the Aztlán movement, play in his application to citizenship?
5. Did he have to show proof of citizenship when running for public office, or was it simply a checkbox on a form?

It appears that US Rep. Carbajal was in the US for more than a decade illegally and somehow was able to obtain his citizenship.  How was he legally able to do this?

No wonder Rep. Carbajal is so emotionally connected to illegal immigrants.  He entered the US illegally himself.