Three U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and a volunteer who had been monitoring federal activity were injured and received medical care at a San Jose hospital early Saturday morning, as tensions outside Santa Clara County jail facilities continue to climb. Santa Clara County said hospital staff treated and released all four people, though the extent and causes of their injuries were not immediately clear.
According to The Mercury News, the Santa Clara County Rapid Response Network said volunteers and members of the public were targeted by ICE agents outside Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas in the early hours of Saturday, and the network alleged agents used excessive force during the encounter. The network describes itself as a nonprofit that tracks immigration enforcement activity and provides emergency legal services to immigrants, per the same report.
County officials have said hospital workers followed all guidelines and procedures while treating the agents and the member of the public on Saturday. Santa Clara County officials did not provide additional information about the patients, and an email seeking details from an ICE spokesperson about the agents’ condition and assignment did not receive an immediate response, the outlet reported.
A Second Incident in the Same Week
A Second Incident in the Same Week Saturday’s hospital visits came just days after another confrontation outside the same jail complex. Federal immigration agents used a Taser on a man after he was released from Elmwood Correctional Facility on Oct. 28, pursuing him and another man on foot after they ran from a car, according to San José Spotlight. The man was taken to Regional Medical Center and released the following morning, according to San José Spotlight, and the Saturday episode marked the second incident of its kind that week…