Imperfect Paradise: Health workers say ICE agents at hospitals are compromising patient care

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🗓️ 21 November 2025

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Amid the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, there’s been an uptick in ICE presence in hospitals across the country. At Adventist Health White Memorial hospital in Boyle Heights, doctors say that hospital administrators have even allowed immigration agents to interfere with patients’ medical care. LAist correspondent Jill Replogle has been reporting on the hospital. She tells us how healthcare workers are dealing with immigration agents showing up in emergency rooms and clinics, what it says about patients' rights to privacy and the treatment of immigrants in hospitals moving forward.

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0:00.0	The stories you need in less than five minutes.
0:03.7	Catch the LA Report with me, Austin Cross, in the mornings.
0:07.1	Nereida Moreno for the afternoon edition.
0:09.4	And me, Julia Paskin in the evening, the LA Report, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:15.1	This is Larry Mantle.
0:16.2	Looking forward to seeing our Coachella Valley listeners at our next Air Talk 40th anniversary event.
0:21.8	We'll be at the Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory on Wednesday afternoon,
0:26.2	December 3rd, tickets at Aleas.com slash events.
0:30.4	This is in Perfect Paradise.
0:31.9	I'm your host, Nereida Moreno, filling in for Antonia Serejido.
0:36.9	As ice raids ramped up this summer in Los Angeles, frequent headlines hit the news cycle about people getting seriously injured and even dying while trying to flee from agents.
0:46.3	A farm worker who suffered serious injuries following an ice raid at a Ventura County farm has died.
0:53.3	Family, friends, and workers remembering the man
0:55.5	who was killed by an SUV while trying to run away from ice. There's also been an uptick in
1:00.6	ice presence at hospitals around the country. Confrontations in hospitals between staff
1:05.4	and federal immigration agents have gone viral online. At one hey, hey, let's go.
1:17.0	At one hospital in L.A., doctors say immigration agents are being allowed to interfere with patients' medical care.
1:18.7	So how are health care workers dealing with this new presence of agents in emergency rooms and
1:23.3	clinics, and what does it say about patients' rights to privacy and the treatment of immigrants
1:28.0	in hospitals moving forward? L.A.S. Correspondent, Jill Replicol, has been reporting on all of this,
1:33.7	and she joins us now. Hey, Jill. Hi, thanks for having me. Of course. So I understand that you got a tip
1:40.0	from an LAS member. How did that initially set off your reporting?
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