Former South Carolina Governor and US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has remained out of the spotlight since her failed presidential bid against Donald Trump.
Until now.
Haley, who ran against President Trump in the Republican primary back in 2024, has now been linked to a shocking drug raid conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The joint operation by ICE and CBP targeted two marijuana grow sites in Southern California, resulting in the apprehension of hundreds of illegal migrants and the rescue of roughly 14 migrant children.
According to reports, James Rosenwald, the founding partner of Dalton Investments and a direct owner of a large stake in Glass House Brands, the company targeted by the raid, has donated more than $93,000 in support of high-profile Democrats and Democrat-aligned groups over the past decade.
In addition, campaign donation filings obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation also discovered that Rosenwald also donated thousands to Haley’s failed presidential campaign.
According to FEC filings show Rosenwald’s group made donations totaling at least $3,300 to Haley’s presidential campaign in November 2023 when she was mounting a bid against then-presidential candidate Trump.
The donations to Haley’s campaign preceded the sweeping immigration raid at Glass House Brand facilities over the summer.
ICE and CBP agents arrested more than 360 illegal migrants while executing search warrants at two California marijuana grow sites in Camarillo and Carpinteria on July 10.
Among those apprehended were several individuals with serious criminal histories, such as a Mexican national previously convicted of kidnapping, attempted rape and attempted child molestation, a Mexican national convicted of rape, and an additional Mexican man previously convicted three different times for burglary.
During the raids, immigration agents also located several juvenile illegal migrants, eight of whom were Unaccompanied Alien Children, according to CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott, who said at the time that the marijuana facilities were under investigation for violating child labor laws.
According to the report, the staffing of pot farms with children and illegal immigrants may violate several laws, however, there is no illegality with regard to simply maintaining a marijuana grow site in California.
Haley had not publicly commented on the raid.