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Protest erupts at Boyle Heights hospital after ICE transports patient, blocks ambulance entrance
ABC7 Los Angeles • • nation
Key Points:
- Community members and advocates protested outside Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center in Boyle Heights due to the presence of ICE agents accompanying a detainee needing medical treatment.
- Tensions escalated during the protest, with confrontations between federal agents and demonstrators, including an incident where a teenage girl was pepper-sprayed.
- Mayor-elect Nithya Raman condemned the ICE presence at the hospital, calling it an affront to the wishes of Los Angeles residents.
- Hospital president Daniel Fontura stated that ICE agents were denied access during physician-patient consultations and that the hospital contacted LAPD when ICE agents obstructed EMS access.
- The hospital plans to enhance communication with LAPD to improve protocols regarding ICE interactions, while the Department of Homeland Security has not commented on the incident.
