Overview

• The Justice Department filed a federal criminal complaint on July 25 against two staffers from the Ontario Advanced Surgical Center.
• Jose de Jesus Ortega and Danielle Nadine Davila are charged with assaulting a federal officer and conspiring to obstruct duties, carrying up to eight years in prison for assault and up to six years for conspiracy.
• ICE agents in unmarked vehicles and bulletproof vests pursued Honduran national Denis Guillen-Solis into the clinic on July 8, triggering the confrontation.
• The complaint alleges Davila shoved an officer and wedged herself between him and the detainee while Ortega grabbed the officer’s arm and vest to prevent the arrest.
• The case has fueled debates over unmarked ICE enforcement tactics on private property and California’s sanctuary-state protections.