Health care workers want ICE out of hospitals, and blue states are responding

By: Shalina Chatlani

Outlets: Stateline

Published: February 9, 2026

Words: 1,271

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago


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Last month, the parents of a 7-year-old girl whose nose wouldn’t stop bleeding took her to Portland Adventist Health in Portland, Oregon, for urgent care. Before the family could get through the doors, federal immigration agents reportedly detained them in the parking lot and took them to a detention center in Texas.

At Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, workers say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers hang around the campus, asking patients …

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