ICE detention at Highland Hospital

The attorney for the ICE-detained patient said his client was arrested without a judicial or administrative warrant after an ICE agent fractured six of his ribs, and urged hospital staff protections and communication protocols.

A Highland-trained ER physician and Japanese American incarceration descendant drew parallels to WWII detention camps and urged enforcement of SB 81 and ICE-free zones.

Said escorting ICE agents to their cars sends the wrong signal and that ICE should be excluded from hospital grounds entirely.

Representing immigrant rights groups, said SB 81 implementation has been lukewarm and reported that half of her clinician daughter's pregnant patients missed prenatal appointments out of fear.

Called ICE a rogue agency and said AHS's cooperation amounts to aiding and abetting, urging opposition to the proposed Dublin detention center.

An ICU nurse at Highland for nearly a decade, demanded more county oversight of AHS, said staff were untrained for the ICE custody situation, and reported witnessing sheriffs escorting ICE and vehicles staged on county property.

A respiratory therapist at San Leandro Hospital said she was accosted by leadership after reporting a security guard's harassment of activists, and said staff overwhelmingly felt protecting ICE was wrong.

Demanded AHS follow local non-cooperation laws, adopt the LA County model, and stop 'passively allowing' patients to be turned over to ICE.

A retired nurse of 32 years, credited the ICE Watch community, praised the patient's medical care, but warned that webinars and badge buddies are not real training.

A second-year Highland ER resident said colleagues are disheartened, demanded simulation trainings, and suggested AHS should become a county hospital again to adopt LA County-style policies.

A veteran Highland nurse said the patient was held with his abusers for six days without a valid warrant, demanded scenario-based training and an end to the automatic opt-out policy.

An ICE Watch volunteer said she was escorted out of the parking garage by security while peacefully observing, contradicting AHS's description of protesters as frightening patients.

A nurse practitioner who witnessed the events said she saw collusion regardless of intent, reported 50% no-shows at her San Antonio clinic during the ICE surge, and noted missed appointments are lost revenue.

A rabbi and chaplain with T'ruah said there was no sanctuary for a grievously injured person at a sanctuary hospital and urged all parties to do better.

An Oakland resident undergoing chemotherapy thanked the Highland workers and ICE Watch volunteers and called on the Board to halt ICE kidnappings 'by whatever means necessary.'

Speaking for Oakland Councilmember Charlene Wang, called for full SB 81 implementation, employee training, and the right of community members to record ICE agents.

An Emeryville resident and former official said the patient was detained a mile from her home and urged the boards to show backbone against the federal administration.

A 35-year county healthcare worker asked 'who's in charge here,' documented 23 ICE vehicles and 30 sheriff-facilitated shift changes in the loading dock as a de facto staging area, and admitted 'we all messed up.'