Protests Erupt as ICE Agents Block Ambulances From Hospital
Los Angeles Mayor-elect Nithya Raman joined the protests.
ICE agents showed up at a hospital in Los Angeles on Saturday and blocked off the ambulance entrance.
KABC-TV, a Los Angeles TV station, reports that ICE showed up at about midnight at Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center with a person in custody who needed medical treatment in the emergency room. A hospital spokesperson said federal agents blocked the entrance to the ER for two hours.
“When agents formed a line across our ambulance entrance, which we did not request nor authorize, we diverted ambulances to nearby hospitals for about two hours to ensure every patient received timely, respectful, and culturally sensitive care,” the spokesperson told NBC Los Angeles.
Protesters soon showed up to object to the presence of ICE agents at the hospital, and one of the demonstrators, a teenage girl, was reportedly pepper-sprayed by agents and needed medical attention.
Los Angeles mayor-elect Nithya Raman showed up at the hospital as well. “What happened last night at this hospital was an affront to the wishes of the American people and to the people of Los Angeles...