US EditionOnce a Patient’s in Custody, ICE Can Be at Hospital Bedsides — but Detainees Have Rights
Federal immigration agents monitored detained patients in California hospitals, raising legal and privacy concerns amid new state protections and ongoing advocacy efforts.
- ICE and its contractors monitored detained patients inside California hospitals, including Milagro Solis-Portillo at Glendale Memorial Hospital, with agents present round-the-clock in rooms and contractors guarding the lobby 24 hours.
- Legal authorities note that federal agents may lawfully accompany detained patients while hospitals and hospital associations defer to law enforcement on monitoring, and DHS cut ombudsman offices' staffing earlier this year.
- A federal judge recently granted a temporary restraining order after Bayron Rovidio Marin was monitored for 24 days and registered under a pseudonym, with Solis-Portillo’s attorney saying she felt pressured and like she was being tortured.
- California moved to tighten hospital privacy rules in September, with the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors set to vote Nov. 18 on detainee protections, including private communication rights.
- Nursing groups and patients say the presence of agents chills care-seeking, as California allocated $25 million earlier this year for legal services and DHS defends its custody practices despite oversight cuts.
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Once a patient’s in custody, ICE can be at hospital bedsides — but detainees have rights
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, KFF Health News In July, federal immigration agents took Milagro Solis-Portillo to Glendale Memorial Hospital just outside Los Angeles after she suffered a medical emergency while being detained. They didn’t leave. Related Articles Progress on overdose deaths could be jeopardized by federal cuts, critics say FDA’s plan to boost biosimilar drugs could stall at the patent office …
Once a patient’s in custody, ICE can be at hospital bedsides — but detainees have rights
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, KFF Health News In July, federal immigration agents took Milagro Solis-Portillo to Glendale Memorial Hospital just outside Los Angeles after she suffered a medical emergency while being detained. They didn’t leave. Related Articles FDA’s plan to boost biosimilar drugs could stall at the patent office ICE courthouse arrests meet resistance from Democratic states MAHA idealis…
Once a patient’s in custody, ICE can be at hospital bedsides — but detainees have rights
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, KFF Health News In July, federal immigration agents took Milagro Solis-Portillo to Glendale Memorial Hospital just outside Los Angeles after she suffered a medical emergency while being detained. They didn’t leave. Related Articles Progress on overdose deaths could be jeopardized by federal cuts, critics say FDA’s plan to boost biosimilar drugs could stall at the patent office …
Once a patient’s in custody, ICE can be at hospital bedsides — but detainees have rights
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, KFF Health News In July, federal immigration agents took Milagro Solis-Portillo to Glendale Memorial Hospital just outside Los Angeles after she suffered a medical emergency while being detained. They didn’t leave. Related Articles RFK Jr. says he personally directed CDC’s new guidance on vaccines and autism Trump administration sues California over giving in-state tuition to immigrants in …
Once a patient’s in custody, ICE can be at hospital bedsides — but detainees have rights
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, KFF Health News In July, federal immigration agents took Milagro Solis-Portillo to Glendale Memorial Hospital just outside Los Angeles after she suffered a medical emergency while being detained. They didn’t leave. Related Articles ICE courthouse arrests meet resistance from Democratic states Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece…
Once a patient’s in custody, ICE can be at hospital bedsides — but detainees have rights
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, KFF Health News In July, federal immigration agents took Milagro Solis-Portillo to Glendale Memorial Hospital just outside Los Angeles after she suffered a medical emergency while being detained. They didn’t leave. Related Articles FDA’s plan to boost biosimilar drugs could stall at the patent office ICE courthouse arrests meet resistance from Democratic states MAHA idealis…
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