"In the first year of Donald Trump's second term, the presence of immigration agents has proliferated around, in the parking lots of, and even inside hospitals territory that had been considered offlimits for three decades. Early in his return to the White House, Trump eliminated the ban that had kept immigration agents away from socalled sensitive locations, which included hospitals, schools, and places of worship. The largest deportation effort in U.S. history, the Republican's top priority, required that no space be left untouched."
"I thought they were paramedics because it was completely dark, but when they turned around I saw the masks they were wearing and the goggles, and I knew they were from ICE, even though they weren't carrying identification, Sposito recalls. They were armed. I asked them who they were, and they replied, You don't need to know.' Then I asked them if they had a warrant, and they said they didn't need one."
A nurse was prevented by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from attending a screaming migrant patient brought to UCLA's Ronald Reagan Medical Center emergency room. The agents wore masks and goggles, lacked visible identification, were armed, told staff they did not need a warrant, and ordered medical staff to remove hands from the patient. Immigration agents have proliferated around, in parking lots of, and even inside hospitals after the Trump administration ended the ban on enforcement at sensitive locations. Hospital staff report that ICE presence deters patients from seeking emergency care, obstructs clinical work, and leaves healthcare workers unable to challenge agent conduct.
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