Immigration detainees at a Minnesota federal building are sleeping on the floor with shackled ankles in freezing cells as trash piles up, two immigration lawyers said in declarations detailing their court-ordered visit to the facility. They have little ability to contact lawyers, according to the documents.
Their visit Monday to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, where detainees are held following their arrests, followed a Sunday ruling from Judge Nancy Brasel that lawyers representing the proposed class of detainees must be able to speak in-person with detainees at the facility, but said they couldn’t bring cell phones or cameras.
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