Get the Whole Story Here.
Published loading...Updated

Anger, Uncertainty at Westwood Hospital After Immigration Agents Arrive with Woman in Custody; Small Protest Ensues

  • On June 24, 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers brought a 31-year-old Iranian woman experiencing a medical emergency to the emergency department of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Hospital located in Westwood, Los Angeles.
  • The agents' entry to provide medical care followed standard procedures, though reports on social media led to confusion about an ICE raid, which hospital officials denied.
  • The presence of agents prompted about 50 protesters to gather outside the hospital amid broader concerns of immigration enforcement affecting access to healthcare in the community.
  • UCLA public health professor Randall Kuhn expressed some degree of comfort that ICE transported the patient to the medical center instead of removing them without providing any medical assistance.
  • The patient was medically evaluated, discharged back into federal custody, and officials noted no raids occurred, while local leaders planned a community meeting addressing healthcare access fears.
Insights by Ground AI
Does this summary seem wrong?

18 Articles

All
Left
1
Center
10
Right
3
Pasadena Star NewsPasadena Star News
+10 Reposted by 10 other sources
Center

Anger, uncertainty at Westwood hospital after immigration agents arrive with woman in custody; small protest ensues

Anger and uncertainty descended Tuesday afternoon on UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center after federal immigration agents showed up with a woman who was having health issues while in their custody, upsetting doctors and nurses as the agents entered the emergency room and drawing protesters outside who feared an ICE raid was underway, according to witnesses. Hospital officials later said that no raids had taken place at the Westwood facility, and t…

Read Full Article
Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 71% of the sources are Center
71% Center
Factuality

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

KTLA 5 broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
Sources are mostly out of (0)