For the patients who rely on Medi-Cal, the cuts aren’t just scary — they feel existential. Teodora, a 77-year-old undocumented woman from Mexico who declined to give her last name, is one of them.

A federal judge’s ruling had its genesis outside a Pasadena donut shop, where masked and armed agents converged.

“While (Homeland Security Investigations) respects the public’s right to peacefully express disagreement with immigration enforcement, physical assaults on federal officers and interference with lawful operations will not be tolerated,” ICE said a day after the arrests.