A New York federal judge raised doubts Wednesday about whether ICE should be allowed to operate a holding facility at a lower Manhattan immigration courthouse where detainees are allegedly held in crowded, unsanitary conditions and refused access to legal counsel.
Attorneys for a group of former detainees want the court to issue a permanent injunction requiring US Immigration & Customs Enforcement to prevent future overcrowding in the holding rooms at 26 Federal Plaza, and to ensure basic needs of detained people are met going forward.
The US Department of Homeland Security and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement division say they’ve ...