I've seen more discussion on ICE in The Pitt, about how different characters handled it, how others may have, how they could have handled it, how they could have saved Pranita. But I think a lot of these perspectives come from A) a more soap-opera like view of the Pitt that isn't the show's reality, or B) not understanding the reality of ICE.
For one, horrific fact: There was no saving Pranita, and any attempts to do so could have resulted in a lot more arrests, or worse, them calling more agents in to handle the unrest. Unfortunately Robby telling McKay to treat her and let her go was the absolute safest thing they could have done for Pranita and themselves.
They call a lawyer for her and it works? Okay, well, let's walk into the waiting room and see who else we can grab instead. Let's grab a patient leaving. They call her family somehow and her family comes? Now her family is under arrest too. They fake a illness/injury that could get her admitted? Well, they know where she is/who her doctors were and can come back, and while they wait, they can grab a few patients to take then come back for her.
This is how ICE works and thinks. Honestly, given what they've said and had to cut, they were likely more realistic (aka violent) in their arrest of Jesse.
Another horrific fact: there is a non-zero chance they were going to leave with just Pranita. 100% they would have found someone else to take while waiting for her or leaving with her, and it's simply by there only being two of them and Jesse stepping in that it was Jesse.
Was Robby's speech reckless? Yes! Was it the reason everything after happened? No. They were probably going to drag Pranita out anyways if it took any longer or if someone else pissed them off. Again, if they let her finish getting treated, Jesse not stepping in, they would have found someone else.
This is how ICE works. This is the reality.
There is no "Jack would step in": he couldn't even stop police from trying to arrest McKay. He's a SWAT medic. That's it. ICE doesn't even listen to city officers or state troopers. They don't listen to the laws. There is no super special lawyer to send ICE away or gets them arrested. There is no connections someone has somewhere that sends them out empty-handed.
The Pitt is a reflection of reality.
