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In a video clip of the Tues altercation that has spread on social media, Ontario Advanced Surgery Center staff in blue scrubs are heard telling an armed #ICE agent wearing a mask & bulletproof vest to let go of the man, who is crying & gasping for breath.

“Get your hands off of him. You don’t even have a warrant,” says one staff member, shielding the man from an immigration agent. “Let him go. You need to get out.”

#law #Trump #Gestapo #DueProcess

#ICE has become much more public in detaining #immigrants, now going into #immigration #courts & #workplaces to cuff people & take them away. This week, the bishop of San Bernardino formally excused Catholic parishioners from their weekly obligation to attend Mass following immigration detentions on 2 parish properties in the diocese, which includes #Ontario.

…[Outrageously,] #DHS said the surgery center staff “assaulted law enforcement” & attempted to obstruct the arrest. The private surgery center, which is about 35 miles east of #LosAngeles, did not respond to a voicemail seeking comment [likely under attorney advisement].

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Javier Hernandez, executive director of the Inland Coalition for #Immigrant #Justice, said agents eventually arrested the Honduran man, & advocates do not know where he is. He was sending money to Honduras to help his mother with her dialysis treatments, Hernandez said.

He said he doubts it was a targeted operation as #ICE claims because agents also questioned 2 co-workers until learning they both had #legal status, one as a #US #citizen & the other as a permanent resident.

Hernandez called the clinic’s staffers brave for asking basic questions as these #detentions play out more frequently in public, even inside a private #medical office. It’s painful to watch the footage, he said.

#law #Trump #Gestapo #StateSponsoredAbduction #DueProcess

“There’s so many videos now that are out there,” he said. “It’s getting harder...because the tactics are getting more violent.”

Also this week, #ICE officers exited an #immigration #courthouse in San Francisco & loaded a handcuffed man into a black SUV. Video captured protestors clinging to the hood of the vehicle as agents tried to drive away. The driver got away after speeding up, shedding the one remaining person hanging to the car.