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dalton99a

(89,486 posts) Fri Jul 11, 2025, 10:03 AM Jul 11

California surgical center staff demand to see warrant as ICE agents detain landscaper

https://apnews.com/article/ice-arrest-california-surgery-center-c827038f1a40227dc05ab1c28b048035

California surgical center staff demand to see warrant as ICE agents detain landscaper
By JANIE HAR
Updated 5:49 PM CDT, July 10, 2025

Federal immigration agents seeking to detain a Honduran landscaper chased him into a Southern California surgical center and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff as clinic staff demanded to see identification and a warrant.

In a video clip of the Tuesday altercation that has spread on social media, Ontario Advanced Surgery Center staff in blue scrubs are heard telling an armed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent wearing a mask and bulletproof vest to let go of the man, who is crying and gasping for breath.

“Get your hands off of him. You don’t even have a warrant,” says one staff member, shielding the man from an immigration agent. “Let him go. You need to get out.”

ICE has become much more public in detaining migrants, now going into immigration courts and workplaces to cuff people and take them away. This week, the bishop of San Bernardino formally excused Catholic parishioners from their weekly obligation to attend Mass following immigration detentions on two parish properties in the diocese, which includes Ontario.

Javier Hernandez, executive director of the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, said agents eventually arrested the Honduran man, and advocates do not know where he is. He was sending money to Honduras to help his mother with her dialysis treatments, Hernandez said.

He said he doubts it was a targeted operation as ICE claims because agents also questioned two co-workers until learning they both had legal status, one as a U.S. citizen and the other as a permanent resident.

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karma should pay a visit to these cowardly terrorists

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California surgical center staff demand to see warrant as ICE agents detain landscaper (Original Post) dalton99a Jul 11 OP

I heard an official defending the masks The Blue Flower Jul 11 #1

Have they? They've been wearing the masks since day one. tanyev Jul 11 #19

Why aren't they in gated communities? Residents there have never used a shovel. bucolic_frolic Jul 11 #2

Excellent question. dalton99a Jul 11 #3

Installing buzzers to allow them access to facilities would be a good start tishaLA Jul 11 #8

I know i will get nailed here. I am sorry God for my HATRED of Trump & GOPigs. i WANT. THEM. DEAD. Trueblue1968 Jul 11 #18

Or golf courses Ruby the Liberal Jul 12 #21

You don't really want to mess with surgical nurses. Irish_Dem Jul 11 #4

They still got him... article says no-one knows where he is now... FirstLight Jul 11 #5

The Civil War has already started. nt Susan Calvin Jul 11 #6

All businesses, at least in soCal, should have a plan in place tishaLA Jul 11 #7

Just wait and see what happens Mr. Evil Jul 11 #9

They'll blame all the Dem presidents going back at least as far as FDR. Dave Bowman Jul 11 #13

If I ever hear a republican Mr. Evil Jul 11 #16

Lol, same here. Dave Bowman Jul 11 #20

It is heartening to see acts of resistance during these ICE assaults peggysue2 Jul 11 #10

"The country's heart is still beating" NH Ethylene Jul 11 #11

The big grotesque bill AdamGG Jul 11 #12

...and so will resistance. purple_haze Jul 11 #14

They are tearing it all down so they can be the one who save us by enslaving us and telling us it is ok. nt cayugafalls Jul 11 #15

It was the two women who actually stood between the ICE goon and the defenceless man Wild blueberry Jul 11 #17

The Blue Flower

(6,026 posts)

1. I heard an official defending the masks

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 10:07 AM

Jul 11

He said these agents have been doxxed like no others, and they fear for their families' safety. i say, don't be such d***s and you won't need to worry about that. If you'll identify yourselves, we won't need to do it for you.

tanyev

(47,173 posts)

19. Have they? They've been wearing the masks since day one.

Reply to The Blue Flower (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 01:15 PM

Jul 11

Now if he’s admitting that a lot of these agents are J6ers, then he might have apoint.

bucolic_frolic

(51,516 posts)

2. Why aren't they in gated communities? Residents there have never used a shovel.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 10:10 AM

Jul 11

They all have professional landscapers and lawn maintenance.

dalton99a

(89,486 posts)

3. Excellent question.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 10:11 AM

Jul 11

tishaLA

(14,676 posts)

8. Installing buzzers to allow them access to facilities would be a good start

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 11:08 AM

Jul 11

I realize you can't do it overnight, but it'd help people have a sense of security.

Trueblue1968

(18,642 posts)

18. I know i will get nailed here. I am sorry God for my HATRED of Trump & GOPigs. i WANT. THEM. DEAD.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 01:09 PM

Jul 11

Destroy ICE. now !!!!!!

#ImeachTrump and #LockUpTrump #TimeToFrenchRevolutionTrump !!! Just like the French did to Louis And Marie !!!!!

Ruby the Liberal

(26,515 posts)

21. Or golf courses

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 12, 2025, 08:12 AM

Jul 12

Thinking of a handful here on the east coast known to employ migrant workers on the cheap.

Irish_Dem

(72,513 posts)

4. You don't really want to mess with surgical nurses.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 10:14 AM

Jul 11

They don't brook any nonsense in their ORs.

FirstLight

(15,516 posts)

5. They still got him... article says no-one knows where he is now...

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 10:18 AM

Jul 11

I saw this on Instagram and it broke my heart. These attacks are going to get worse. It's state-sanctioned terrorism!

Susan Calvin

(2,320 posts)

6. The Civil War has already started. nt

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 11:04 AM

Jul 11

tishaLA

(14,676 posts)

7. All businesses, at least in soCal, should have a plan in place

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 11:06 AM

Jul 11

to thwart these motherfuckers if they come into the business or other private property. It's their duty to protect the people who go there.

Mr. Evil

(3,353 posts)

9. Just wait and see what happens

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 11:14 AM

Jul 11

when the meats, veggies, fruits and nuts stop showing up in all the grocery stores. And, think about what will eventually happen to the beer and alcoholic beverages which are made with those ingredients (less the meats) begin to become more and more sparse. Republicans cannot see beyond their lust for instant gratification from cruelty, sadism, punishment, greed and their warped power fantasies.

Dave Bowman

(5,492 posts)

13. They'll blame all the Dem presidents going back at least as far as FDR.

Reply to Mr. Evil (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 12:17 PM

Jul 11

Mr. Evil

(3,353 posts)

16. If I ever hear a republican

Reply to Dave Bowman (Reply #13)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 12:48 PM

Jul 11

admit wrongdoing about anything and then offer a subsequent apology, I think I'll actually faint.

Dave Bowman

(5,492 posts)

20. Lol, same here.

Reply to Mr. Evil (Reply #16)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 01:48 PM

Jul 11

peggysue2

(12,027 posts)

10. It is heartening to see acts of resistance during these ICE assaults

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 11:29 AM

Jul 11

Read an article yesterday about a mayor warning his residents to stay inside their homes during an expected ICE sweep.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/perris-mayor-tells-residents-to-stay-inside-after-reports-of-ice-activity/ar-AA1Iii4J

Every report like this, every push back regardless of how small, means the country's heart is still beating be it a mayor, a surgical nurse or a citizen on the street coming to the aid of someone under attack.

This cannot, will not stand.