HBO medical drama targets ICE in controversial new hospital storyline

HBO’s medical drama, "The Pitt," tackled the issue of federal immigration enforcement in its latest episode Thursday.

As officers and ER doctors faced off over the treatment of a detainee, showrunner R. Scott Gemmill insists they were trying to let the audience decide what to take from the plot line. Gemmill said the storyline was written before the latest tensions surrounding immigration enforcement.

"Things unfortunately have gotten much more severe with that than what we had ever imagined," Gemmill told The Hollywood Reporter...