Health care workers join Oakland vigil to protest ICE fatal shooting of Minneapolis ICU nurse

Registered nurse Silvia Lu was working the day shift at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland when she read about the shooting death of ICU nurse Alex Pretti, who was protesting the ICE immigration crackdown on the streets of Minneapolis.

On a day shift in the emergency department Saturday, where Lu often cares for children recovering from heart surgeries and car crashes, she struggled to hold back her emotions.

“I held my tears back the whole day,” she said.

She carried...