Federal Grand Jury Indicts IT Workers On Charges Of Assaulting ICE Agents
Two California medical employees have been indicted for allegedly assaulting U.S. immigration officers as they attempted to detain an illegal migrant from Honduras outside a surgery center in Ontario.
A federal grand jury charged Jose de Jesus Ortega, 38, of Highland, and Danielle Nadine Davila, 33, of Corona, with one felony count of assaulting, resisting, and impeding federal officers. Their trial is set for October 6.
According to the Department of Justice, the confrontation occurred on July 8 during a roving ICE operation. Officers in unmarked vehicles pursued three men in a truck, which pulled into the parking lot of the surgery center. Two men fled on foot; one, later identified as a Honduran national in the U.S. illegally, resisted arrest near the facility’s entrance.
When an ICE officer wrestled the man to the ground, a staffer pulled the migrant away and rushed him into the building. Inside, Ortega and Davila — both in medical scrubs — allegedly blocked and attacked the officer.
Video shows Davila yelling “Let him go!” and “Get out!” as she shoved the officer. Ortega then grabbed the officer’s arm and vest in an attempt to stop the arrest. Backup was called, and officers eventually subdued the migrant, placing him in handcuffs.
Both Ortega and Davila now face up to eight years in federal prison if convicted.
The Honduran national was taken into custody, held at the Adelanto detention facility, and later chose voluntary self-deportation, according to ABC7.
At a press conference, Ortega defended his actions by claiming staff were told to demand identification and warrants before cooperating with law enforcement.
Liberal Justice Backs Deportation Orders
In a separate immigration case, one of the Supreme Court’s most liberal members, Justice Elena Kagan, sided with the Trump administration by denying an emergency appeal from a Mexican family fighting deportation.
The petitioners — Fabian Lagunas Espinoza, Maria Angelica Flores Ulloa, and their two sons — claimed they faced cartel violence if forced to return to Mexico. Their case was rejected by an immigration judge, upheld by the Board of Immigration Appeals in November 2023, and affirmed by the Ninth Circuit in February 2025.
Despite pleas from their attorneys, who argued the family had provided credible evidence of cartel threats, Justice Kagan refused to block their removal, allowing deportation orders to proceed.
The ruling highlights how President Trump’s firm immigration policies, long resisted by the left, are increasingly being validated — even by the Court’s liberal wing.