Overview
- More than 100 demonstrators, including many Stanford clinicians, rallied Tuesday outside the hospital calling for policies to keep immigration agents out of patient care areas and for a public town hall.
- The protests follow the late‑August detention of Aleyda Yenysey Rodriguez, who was treated at Stanford and then discharged to ICE custody after a recorded arrest in East Palo Alto.
- Primary care physician Yusra Hussain said Rodriguez appeared too ill to leave, citing recent infections and severe frailty, and described multiple armed agents near the patient’s room who questioned clinicians’ access.
- Family members and clinicians report Rodriguez was transferred to the Mesa Verde detention facility in Bakersfield, and relatives say they have been unable to visit her.
- Stanford confirmed the patient was discharged and said it provided necessary care and shared updates with a designated family member while complying with federal law‑enforcement directives.