ICE Detains Illegal Immigrant Inside California Surgical Center in Heated Confrontation

A standoff occurred between federal immigration agents and staff at a Southern California medical center on July 8 after a Honduran man facing detention attempted to evade arrest. Staff at the Ontario Advanced Surgery Center demanded to see identification and a warrant from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who was wearing a mask and a bulletproof vest and was trying to detain the alleged illegal immigrant. In a video of the altercation, surgery center staff wearing blue scrubs can be heard telling the agent to let go of the Honduran man, who was crying. “Get your hands off of him. You don’t even have a warrant,” said one staff member, who was trying to shield the man from the ICE agent. “Let him go. You need to get out.”...