As the Trump administration ramps up mass deportations, the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents has become more common at hospitals.

“One thing is for sure. Places that were off limits before for Border Patrol agents or ICE agents are no longer off limits,” certified immigration specialist Lilia Velasquez said.

Velasquez has dealt with a wide range of immigration cases, but there’s one that is hard for her to forget.

“I’ve had a case where the person was diabetic, was doing dialysis, but had no medical insurance, and he had an order of deportation," Velasquez said. "They went to the hospital, and they wanted to disconnect them from the dialysis machine, saying, 'We’re going to deport you right now.' I had to go speak with the agents and say, 'You cannot do that.

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