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Nithya Raman took to X on Saturday and blatantly lied about what happened with ICE at White Memorial Hospital in Boyle Heights on Friday. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli called out her claims directly and laid out the facts. Raman said ICE agents were obstructing emergency room entry and detained two U.S. citizens in a reckless attack on people seeking care. That isn’t what occurred. Essayli explained that ICE was there to get medical treatment for a detainee who requested to see a doctor. Agents brought the person in custody to the emergency department, and the hospital treated the patient. Shortly after, agitators arrived to harass and obstruct the agents. Agents called for backup, controlled the scene, and formed a line across the ambulance entrance to secure the area. The hospital says it did not request or authorize the line and diverted ambulances for about two hours. Two U.S. citizens were arrested and charged for assaulting federal officers during the confrontation. They were not randomly detained while trying to get care. They were arrested after the protest escalated into assaults. Essayli noted that agents were providing medical care, that the agitators created the danger, and that the two U.S. citizens were arrested for assaulting federal officers. He pointed out that local officials have no say over federal immigration enforcement under the Supremacy Clause and that Raman should distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants. Raman’s post leaves out the medical treatment and the assault charges. She then uses the incident to say ICE has “no place in Los Angeles” and that city resources will never help federal agents enforce immigration law. The hospital confirmed a person in federal custody received care there and that it does not participate in immigration enforcement. Essayli’s response shows her framing skipped the detainee’s medical request, the protest that escalated, and the assault charges. It presents a routine transport for medical care plus a response to obstruction as reckless targeting of Angelenos. The actual sequence does not match the claim. All of this clearly illustrates what LA will be dealing with in their new mayor. Someone who blatantly lies about ICE and illegal immigrants in order to promote her narrative. None of this makes life more affordable for Angelenos. It just causes confusion and division. Shame on Raman.