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In reply to the discussion: California is fighting back. [View all]Hekate
(99,204 posts)They are being federally charged with assault for trying to stop this thug-invasion of the surgery center. Be very, very careful of what you advise others to do, unless you try it yourself.
Beyond that, in Ventura County where I live, ICE has repeatedly raided fields for agricultural workers. This latest one involved one death, the arrest of a disabled US veteran who was a security guard at the legal cannabis greenhouses (he was trying to park his truck; ICE smashed the drivers side window and dragged him through it) and the arrest of a professor from Cal State University Channel Islands, aka Cal Sushi. Again, I believe the charge was assault it seems that is the standard these days.
Feds charge SoCal medical workers with interfering in ICE raid
Los Angeles Times
7-25-2025
Two staff members from an Ontario surgery center have been charged with allegedly interfering with U.S. immigration officers trying to detain landscapers who ran into the center to escape.
Jose de Jesus Ortega, a 38-year-old Highland resident, was arrested Friday morning and is expected to appear in U.S. District Court in Riverside, according to a U.S. attorneys office Central District of California news release.
Officials are still looking for the other suspect, Danielle Nadine Davila, 33, of Corona. Both are charged with assaulting a federal officer and conspiracy to prevent by force and intimidation a federal officer from discharging his duties, authorities said.
The allegations against the pair stem from a run-in between staff at Ontario Advanced Surgery Center and agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 8, when two landscapers ran inside the facility to avoid the agents and staff members were captured on video getting involved.
According to video obtained by KTLA-TV, staffers told two agents to leave because they didnt have a warrant to go onto the property. The agents were trying to detain 30-year-old Denis Guillen-Solis and two other landscapers.
In the video, Guillen-Solis is shown holding onto the doorway at the surgical center and asking the agents to present identification. The agents then pulled Guillen-Solis from the doorway and detained him
The charges against the two staffers continue Essaylis aggressive approach to bringing charges against people who are arrested during ICE protests and operations. Essaylis office has filed felony cases against at least 38 people for alleged misconduct that either took place in the sites of immigration raids or during last months protests, but many have been dismissed or reduced to misdemeanor charges.
According to an affidavit, the two ICE agents wore government-issued equipment, including vests and were using unmarked government-operated vehicles when they conducted their operations..
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-25/feds-charge-ontario-medical-center-workers
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