LA Mayor-elect Raman Condemns ICE at Hospital; Federal Prosecutor Essayli Fires Back: 'Facts Matter'
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Protesters gathered outside Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, on November 7, as Mayor-elect Nithya Raman and a federal prosecutor clashed publicly over an immigration enforcement operation.
Late on November 6, ICE agents brought a detainee to the hospital's emergency department for treatment. Hospital officials said agents blocked the emergency entrance for about two hours, forcing ambulances to be rerouted. Raman joined demonstrators outside the hospital on November 7 and said agents had obstructed the emergency entrance and detained two U.S. citizens, condemning the federal actions as reckless.
Bill Essayli, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, fired back the same day, saying ICE was there to get medical treatment for a detainee who requested to see a doctor, that protesters created a dangerous situation, and that officers arrested two individuals who assaulted federal agents. He reminded Raman that immigration enforcement is a federal matter beyond a mayor's authority.
Outgoing Mayor Karen Bass also condemned the hospital incident and called on the Trump administration to halt immigration enforcement in and around health care facilities. Raman, who defeated Bass in the election and has not yet taken office, faces her first public clash with the federal government over immigration enforcement.
Source: New York Post
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: Adventist Health White Memorial 医院。（Junkyardsparkle 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons）
