ICE agents take detained woman to Stanford Hospital for treatment
PALO ALTO A -year-old woman from Guadalajara Mexico was taken to Stanford Hospital for healing after U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained her Monday morning in East Palo Alto according to agents and family members Related Articles Letters Congress must stop Trump s attacks on inhabitants tuition What to know Four methods ICE is training new agents and scaling up Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces new deportation efforts after ICE detains him in Baltimore Letters Board should bar Contra Costa sheriff from ICE notifications San Francisco protestor charged with slashing ICE van s tires She remained at the hospital Monday night with agents stationed outside her room Speaking through a Spanish translator the woman s father Armando Rodriguez Garcia declared his daughter her husband and their child were heading to work and school when agents stopped them The agents tried to detain the woman s husband but he escaped The woman however lost consciousness and agents took her to the hospital When she woke up she was here in the hospital Garcia mentioned Garcia described the detainment as violent noting that the agents left marks on his granddaughter s wrist Stanford Hospital spokesperson Lisa Kim ratified officers arrived at the hospital with a person What I can tell you is that the present day federal agents brought an individual in need of biological attention to the Stanford Robustness Care crisis department Kim disclosed in an email No arrests were made at the hospital Palo Alto assistant Police Chief James Reifschneider disclosed he did not have any details about what ICE was doing in the area and directed inquiries to the federal agency We received a courtesy notification that their personnel would be at that location this morning as is routine for both local and federal law enforcement agencies Reifschneider revealed in an email They did not request our assistance nor did we provide any ICE did not this instant respond to a message seeking additional details about the circumstance The Rapid Response Arrangement in Santa Clara County also approved ICE agents were at the hospital writing in a Facebook post that they appear to have brought someone in for therapeutic care Agents are not doing enforcement inside the hospital but they are staying with the person they brought the post stated A hospital worker who inquired not to be identified out of fear of retaliation by his employer expressed dismay at the presence of armed federal agents inside the hospital We are very worried the client will be published back into ICE custody which is incredibly dangerous for her strength the worker explained And we are also worried about the effects of having armed ICE agents roaming our hospital hallways for our co-workers and our other patients Family members were initially allowed to see the woman but were ordered to leave around p m Garcia noted Michelle De Blanc a lawyer with the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County was still working Monday night to reunite them I know the immigration issues are huge here but her soundness and safety are the first priority De Blanc stated this news organization And her father is very worried about her We want to get the family back in the room to make sure she s OK The father of the detained woman disclosed his daughter does not have a criminal record She entered the country legally Garcia explained but her visa has since expired Check back for updates
