Armed men with dark, bulletproof vests entered my hospital unit just before dawn on June 19 and began loudly insisting I take them to a patient’s room.

The agents demanded confidential information, saying the patient they were looking for had been detained before. They didn’t show any formal identification or a warrant.

I instantly knew they were with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE raids have spread terror throughout our communities. Federal agents had been targeting worksites, schools and court houses, but that morning they’d set sights on Riverside Community Hospital, a Level 1 trauma center.

As an experienced nurse, I knew I didn’t have to comply with their request and refused to give them any information about the patient or where the patient was. After I repeatedly but ca

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