A dramatic standoff unfolded Tuesday when ICE agents conducted a targeted enforcement operation at the Ontario Advanced Surgery Center, about 30 miles from Los Angeles. Medical staffers jumped in to shield Honduran landscaper Denis Guillen‑Solis as he fled ICE custody.
One employee in blue scrubs physically blocked the agents, yelling: “Get your hands off of him. Let him go. You need to get out.” Another shouted, “you don’t even have a warrant for him.” The clash escalated as staff locked doors, blocked vehicles, and called police to falsely report a kidnapping.
According to Homeland Security, the incident grew tense when Guillen‑Solis “fled on foot to evade law enforcement” and personnel “assaulted law enforcement and dragged the officer and illegal alien into the facility.” ICE eventually arrested him, but the spectacle highlights a disturbing trend: radical activists inflating sanctuary culture at the expense of federal law.
Javier Hernandez from the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice defended Guillen‑Solis, noting he “was sending money to Honduras to help his mother with her dialysis treatments.” That humanitarian plea doesn’t negate the responsibility to enter the country lawfully.
This incident isn’t isolated: just days earlier, protesters clashed with ICE at San Francisco court and at a Northern California marijuana farm operation. Local officials shouldn’t glorify civil disobedience — they must protect lawful authority and public safety.
