Its interesting because the whole ICE storyline is unnecessary and political, and definitely detracts from the show.
But one thing me and the wife were talking about, was they didn't exactly make the ICE guys the bad guys here. The hospital staff's and patient's overreaction to them being there caused all the issues. The ICE agents didn't actually "do" anything, other than arrest someone obviously obstructing them.
I was also wondering if these dumbasses had never seen cops bring criminals who had been shot/whatever in before. Of course they would deal with people under arrest every day. A person being in ICE detention wouldn't be any different than someone in police custody, and they would have to deal with that every single day.
So, just completely unnecessarily political for no gain. The ICE guys weren't even portrayed badly. Why do this? Makes no sense.
If the writer's were more clever they could have used the human trafficking plot point from season one to introduce a nuanced moment during the ICE interaction.
*ICE obstruction shit goes down then settles out a bit*
*Pitt staff talking loudly, and the names Dr. Mackay and Nurse Evans gets mentioned*
*ICE officer's ears perk up, and he pulls out a note pad and starts checking information*
"Excuse me, did here someone say Mackay and Evans? "
*Mackay and Evans identify themselves*
"Incredible, by chance, several months ago, did you give a pen with a hidden number to patient being trafficked?"
"I didn't know if it was truth or a story, so I wrote down the names she gave us who helped her, but the lady was able to use the number and the people from the number ultimately contacted higher ups in ICE and we were able to follow the leads and bust that human trafficking operation. Because you gave her the number we were able to rescue several dozens of women and children from a major sex trafficking ring, and arrest those responsible. If you are indeed the Mackay and Evans. Thank you."
Or something along those lines. But probably too grey and subversive to modern expectations, where portraying ICE as something more than evil gestapo thugs is too complex a view.