đ 4/13/2026 1:26 PM Politics News ICE Detainees, Hospitalizations, Trump Administrationđ4/13/2026 1:26 PMđ°sdutâ±356 sec. here / 12 min. at publisherđNews: 163% · Publisher: 95%Federal data reveals a significant increase in hospitalizations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees at local hospitals during the Trump administration. The data indicates that hospital detentions rose from about 1,300 in 2024 to 1,900 from January to mid-October of 2025 nationwide. San Diego County hospitals also experienced an increase in care for ICE detainees. ICE has since stopped releasing the data. Hospitals have policies to minimize interaction with federal agents.Local hospitals are treating significantly more U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees under the Trump administration, federal data show. At least 59 ICE detainees received care at San Diego County hospitals from January to mid-October of last year, up from 29 during the entire prior year, according to ICE agency data obtained by the Deportation Data Project via a public record request and analyzed by The San Diego Union-Tribune.Nationwide, hospital ICE detentions rose from about 1,300 in 2024 to 1,900 from January to mid-October of 2025, the data show. ICE has since stopped releasing data detailing detentions at hospitals in response to the projectâs record requests, so such data is not available after October.In most cases, an ICE hospital detention means somebody who was already in ICE custody was taken to the hospital in need of medical care, hospitals say. In a few cases, a detainee in local law enforcement custody may be transferred to ICE custody while they are already at the hospital. Officials say ICE does not arrest people at hospitals, but some local hospitals have policies anyway to minimize front-line workersâ interaction with federal agents. Policies instruct them to share no patient information with agents and block them from accessing non-public areas of the hospital unless they have a judicial warrant. Hospitalizations of ICE detainees have risen as ICE arrests have skyrocketed under the Trump administration. In the San Diego region, last yearâs ICE A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said the agency does not arrest anyone at hospitals, but it takes detainees to hospitals for medical care. âICE does not conduct enforcement at hospitals â period,â the spokesperson said in an email. âWe would only go into a hospital if there were an active danger to public safety.â The spokesperson added: âOf course, if we have a detainee we need to take to the hospital for medical care, we have officers accompany them for their monitoring, safety of the staff, and the public. This is standard procedure for all law enforcement agencies.âParadise Valley Hospital in National City has seen the most ICE detainees in San Diego County, with 34 from January to October 2025, according to the data. Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center had 11, while Alvarado Parkway Institute in La Mesa had 10 and UC San Diego Medical Center had four. âWe comply with all applicable patient privacy laws, including Senate Bill 81, which prohibits health care facilities from granting immigration enforcement access to patients or nonpublic areas without a valid judicial warrant or court order and requires patient immigration status to be treated as protected information,â Sharp said in a written statement. Like Sharp, Paradise Valley said in a written statement that it does ânot allow ICE on our property without a judicial warrant.â ICE agents do accompany detainees when they receive care, but must âremain with their patients and are not allowed to walk around our hospital facility,â saidGiven San Diegoâs proximity to the border, local hospitals have regularly received federal immigration detainees, most often transported by agents of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, for decades. The matter reached an inflection point after the first Trump administration increased the height of the section of the border wall in San Diego County, which was completed in late 2019. With the number of traumatic injuries attributed to falls increasing rapidly, the number of Border Patrol transports to hospital intensive care units reached With changes in border policy at the start of the second Trump administration, however, the number of falls has decreased. Instead, anti-ICE activists are concerned that poor conditions at detention centers could be contributing to hospitalizations. âConditions are so deplorable and donât have adequate resources to help people that are in need of medical attention, and so weâve seen people be transported to get them access to health care,â said Benjamin Prado, program coordinator for the U.S.-Mexico Border Program of the American Friends Service Committee, who helps conduct local ICE patrols. ICE detainees have complained of poor-quality food, lack of medical attention and other health issues as several detention centers havefederal agencies and private prison operator CoreCivic, which runs ICEâs Otay Mesa Detention Center, to conduct a full health inspection of the facility after county officials said ICE denied them the opportunity. More recently, San Diego congressional Reps. Sara Jacobs and Mike Levin went on a pre-plannedof the center. Levin reported the centerâs clinic has 13 health care staff, including two doctors, for a facility that has housed more than 1,500 detainees at once under Trump. A spokesperson for CoreCivic said its detention centers have on-site medical clinics staffed with licensed providers and all detainees have daily access to sign-ups for medical care. Spokesperson Brian Todd said Otay Mesa was recently reaccredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care for meeting the commissionâs care standards, and CoreCivicâs detention centers undergo regular reviews and audits. âThe health and well-being of the individuals entrusted to our care is our top priority. We take seriously our responsibility to adhere to all applicable federal detention standards in our ICE-contracted facilities, including ,â Todd said in an email.UC San Diego Health, which cared for four ICE detainees in 2025 and two the year prior, according to the deportation database,in a written statement that its policies have remained largely the same since early 2025. A policy memo, obtained by the Union-Tribune in early 2025, instructs the health systemâs risk management department to take the lead on interactions with all federal agents, instructing mainline workers to âneither confirm nor deny the presence of a patient to an agent.â The university confirmed Thursday that these instructions have not changed. âUC San Diego Health, like other hospitals in our binational region, has long-standing relationships with a variety of law enforcement groups, including Border Patrol, as the agency transports immigrant patients in need of immediate medical and surgical care to area hospitals,â UCSDâs statement said. âWe value our partnership and medical teams who strive to ensure that anyone who receives care in our facilities does so in a safe and respectful environment.â Alvarado Parkway Institute, a private mental health care provider with hospitals in La Mesa, El Cajon and San Diego, is listed as providing care to 10 ICE detainees in 2025 and one in the year prior. Patrick Ziemer, the instituteâs chief executive officer, said in an email that like the others who have received ICE patients, privacy protection is an absolute requirement. âWe also do not allow law enforcement seeking an individual to enter our facilities without a search warrant signed by a judge,â Ziemer said. âWhile there is so much happening in the world, our team is keeping our focus on our patients.Photos: Viewing the Artemis II Orion CapsuleSan Diego federal judge who frequently struck down state gun laws retiresUSS John Murtha delivers Artemis II capsule to San Diego in joyous moment for Navy, NASAItâs not just you; tech startup confirms Torrey Pines South is one of nationâs toughest golf courses to play Itâs not just you; tech startup confirms Torrey Pines South is one of nationâs toughest golf courses to playWe have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. 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