This post was updated June 25 at 7:06 p.m.

A United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid did not take place at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Tuesday, contrary to claims on social media. 

Rumors of an ICE raid circulated on social media after two federal agents brought a person in custody to the medical center emergency room for treatment, a UCLA Health spokesperson said in a June 24 emailed statement. They added in an additional statement that the patient was discharged in the afternoon after receiving care. 

U.S Customs and Border Protection agents detained two Iranian nationals without legal status – including the eventual patient – during a “targeted enforcement operation in Los Angeles,” said John Mennell, a CBP public affairs specialist, in a written statement. He added in the statement that the two people were “flagged as subjects of national security interest.”

“Agent presence at the hospital was solely to guard the subject receiving medical care – a standard procedure when an individual in the country illegally requires medical attention,” Mennell said in the statement. 

Both people are in the custody of Enforcement and Removal Operations – a division of ICE – as of June 25, he added.

Steve Lurie, the associate vice chancellor for campus and community safety, said the federal agents did not question any UCLA Health employees about their immigration status. Around 30 people arrived at the medical center to protest federal immigration enforcement as news spread about the agents’ presence, Lurie added. 

A UCLA alumnus, who requested to remain anonymous due to concerns about their safety, said they came to the medical center when the patient was being treated. The alumnus – a former Daily Bruin contributor – added that they were there with members of a local rapid response network, which alerts people about reported immigration raids. 

Members of the protesting group – which included local activists, residents and UCLA students – attempted to visit the patient and connect them to a lawyer but were told by a medical center security guard to leave the ER waiting room, they said. They added that they were then told by a UCLA employee and people in police uniforms to stop recording videos in the medical center parking lot. 

Lurie said he was not aware of any interactions between protesters and UCPD. He added that both federal agents left with the patient after they were discharged from the ER and that the majority of protesters dispersed around 4:30 p.m. 

“That protest was not disruptive in any way,” Lurie said. “They (the protesters) did not block the public’s access to the medical center in any way, and no action was taken against that protest.”