Immigration Event at UCLA - Part 2

The Bruin has an update on the immigration-related incident at the UCLA Reagan hospital yesterday:*

...U.S Customs and Border Protection agents detained two Iranian nationals without legal status – including the eventual patient – during a “targeted enforcement operation in Los Angeles,” said John Mennell, a CBP public affairs specialist, in a written statement. He added in the statement that the two people were “flagged as subjects of national security interest.”

“Agent presence at the hospital was solely to guard the subject receiving medical care – a standard procedure when an individual in the country illegally requires medical attention,” Mennell said in the statement. Both people are in the custody of Enforcement and Removal Operations – a division of ICE – as of June 25, he added...

A UCLA alumnus, who requested to remain anonymous due to concerns about their safety, said they came to the medical center when the patient was being treated. The alumnus – a former Daily Bruin contributor – added that they were there with members of a local rapid response network, which alerts people about reported immigration raids. Members of the protesting group – which included local activists, residents and UCLA students – attempted to visit the patient and connect them to a lawyer but were told by a medical center security guard to leave the ER waiting room, they said. They added that they were then told by a UCLA employee and people in police uniforms to stop recording videos in the medical center parking lot. [VC Steve] Lurie said he was not aware of any interactions between protesters and UCPD. He added that both federal agents left with the patient after they were discharged from the ER and that the majority of protesters dispersed around 4:30 p.m... 

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2025/06/25/federal-agents-enter-ronald-reagan-ucla-medical-center-officials-deny-ice-raid.

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*See https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/06/immigration-event-at-ucla.html.