ICE agents often ignore safety and privacy practices for detainee patients, Tacoma nurses say ^80.8%

KUOW Public Radio - By Eilís O'Neill - 2/18/2026, 11:43 PM

Nurses at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma say that since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, they’ve seen many more ICE detainees come to the hospital as patients — always accompanied by two ICE agents acting as guards. The nurses allege that these agents have repeatedly ignored practices safeguarding patients’... more