Two California hospital workers tried to prevent ICE from arresting an illegal, and now they are in federal custody and are charged with assaulting, resisting, impeding federal agents.

First, here’s the video of these fools:

 
Bill Melugin reports that these hospital workers have both now been arrested:

Per federal law enforcement sources, the two SoCal medical workers seen in a viral video physically blocking an ICE agent from arresting a Honduran illegal alien who had fled into their surgery center in Ontario, CA have both been charged federally & the male was arrested earlier this morning. The female remains at large and is wanted by federal authorities.

I’m told JOSE DE JESUS ORTEGA and DANIELLE NADINE DAVILA have both been charged with violations of 18 USC 111 (assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal agents). Both have a criminal arrest warrant signed off on by a federal judge.

I’m told ORTEGA was arrested by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents this morning, while DAVILA is wanted and federal authorities are actively looking for her now.

The original incident happened earlier this month on July 8th at the Ontario Advanced Surgery Center, about 30 miles east of Los Angeles.

According to the federal criminal complaint obtained by @FoxNews, the target Honduran illegal alien, a landscaper, was not a patient at the facility, but ran to it in an effort to get away from ICE agents. The feds allege that when an ICE agent partially detained the alien and he fell down near the front door of the surgery center, workers at the facility pulled the alien inside to get him away from ICE. The feds say Ortega and Davila could then be seen in multiple videos physically blocking ICE from reaching the alien by putting their hands on the agent and wedging themselves between him and the Honduran man.

The Honduran man was ultimately taken into federal custody. According to the affidavit, HSI conducted extensive surveillance on ORTEGA and DAVILA after the incident to confirm their identities.

Statement from @USAttyEssayli, who is prosecuting the case:

“This story is another example of a false narrative peddled by irresponsible members of the media in furtherance of a political agenda to delegitimize federal agents. The illegal alien arrested inside the medical center was not a patient and was not in any way affiliated with that location. He ran inside for cover and these medical workers attempted to block his apprehension by assaulting our agents. To be very clear, it doesn’t matter who you are or where you work, if you assault our agents or otherwise interfere with our operations, you will be arrested and charged with a federal crime.”

Good! No matter how good their intentions were, they committed a crime and they will now suffer the consequences. You just can’t assault federal officers just because you disagree with them.