A 47-year-old woman from Guadalajara was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in East Palo Alto and transported to Stanford Hospital after losing consciousness. Family members reported she, her husband and their child were stopped while heading to work and school; the husband escaped and the woman was taken for medical care. The woman's father described the detainment as violent and said agents left marks on his granddaughter's wrist. Stanford Hospital confirmed federal agents brought an individual needing medical attention and that no arrests occurred at the hospital. Local police received a routine courtesy notification and did not assist, and a Rapid Response Network reported agents remained with the person but were not conducting enforcement inside the hospital.
A 47-year-old woman from Guadalajara, Mexico, was taken to Stanford Hospital for treatment after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained her Monday morning in East Palo Alto, according to officials and family members. Speaking through a Spanish translator, the woman's father, Armando Rodriguez Garcia, said his daughter, her husband and their child were heading to work and school when agents stopped them. The agents tried to detain the woman's husband but he escaped. The woman, however, lost consciousness and agents took her to the hospital.
Garcia described the detainment as violent, noting that the agents left marks on his granddaughter's wrist. Stanford Hospital spokesperson Lisa Kim confirmed authorities arrived at the hospital with a person. What I can tell you is that today, federal agents brought an individual in need of medical attention to the Stanford Health Care emergency department, Kim said in an email. No arrests were made at the hospital.
Palo Alto assistant Police Chief James Reifschneider said he did not have any details about what ICE was doing in the area and directed inquiries to the federal agency. We received a courtesy notification that their personnel would be at that location this morning, as is routine for both local and federal law enforcement agencies, Reifschneider said in an email. They did not request our assistance nor did we provide any. ICE did not immediately respond to a message seeking additional details about the case. The Rapid Response Network in Santa Clara County also confirmed ICE agents were at the hospital, writing in a Facebook post that they appear to have brought someone in for medical care. Agents are not doing enforcement inside the hospital, but they are staying with the person they brought, the post stated.
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