A federal judge said on Tuesday that he would prevent the Trump administration from using a federal building in New York City until it reduces the number of prisoners and improves conditions on the site, including providing sleep mats and hygiene products.
US District Judge Lewis Couple Issued temporary prohibitory order After hearing on the first Tuesday. A government lawyer admitted in the court that the manhattan facility did not have access to some services in the manhattan facility, or those detained by the ICE, which included Sleeping Matt, In-Persen Legal Visits, medicine and more than two food per day.
Holding facility in question is located inside 26 Federal Plaza Building In the city of Manhattan, supporters have been at the center of extensive criticism from immigrant advocates, who have condemned the situations faced by detainees there as “inhuman”. In the video released last month, the detainees were shown in the facility lying on the ground, without mats or beds.
The Ice has stated that the site has low services as it is not designed for long -term detention, although government data indicates that some detainees have been held for the days there.
Last week, the American Civil Liberty Union and other advocates filed a case against the Ice on 26 Federal Plaza Holding facilities, alleging that detainees were being organized in unprotected and uneven conditions, without access to basic requirements, including hygiene products. Advocates said that the prisoners got only two “inherited” foods and were denied access to unrestricted calls with lawyers.
On Tuesday morning, justice department lawyer Jeffrey Oostericher Said The government did not dispute that in convenience, the prisoners should only get blankets, not beds or sleeping mats. He confirmed that the prisoners get two meals each day – not three – and that the toilets for the prisoners are inside the area where they sleep. The Oastericher said that this facility does not allow a person’s visits due to its “layout” and the government has not disputed the claim that there is a lack of access to the drug in the prisoners.
Later in his order on Tuesday, the couple banned how many people can catch the snow on the manhattan site, preventing the agency from using a holding room with a floor area that is less than 50 sq ft per captive.
The couple said that ice can only catch people in convenience if it calls them regularly with lawyers, clean bed mats, know that your rights notices, medicines, soaps, towels, toilet paper, toothpaste and access to women hygiene products. He also ordered ice to ensure that the holding areas should be cleaned three times each day.
Representatives of ICE did not immediately respond to the requests for comment on Tuesday’s temporary prevention order, which is going to last for 14 days. The Trump administration has repeatedly denied allegations of sub -conditions at ice detention centers.
“Today’s order sends a clear message: Ice cannot catch people under derogatory circumstances and denial their constitutional rights for legal representation and legal representation,” said Unis Cho said, “today’s order sends a clear message,” said Unis Cho said.
In a statement on Tuesday, New York City Controller Brad Lander called the ruling “a very important reprimand of Trump’s brutal immigration policies”.
Video 26 Federal Plaza reflects conditions for prisoners in ice facility
In July, the New York Immigration alliance released a video, verified by CBS News New York, showing conditions on the 10th floor of 26 federal plaza.
On the video, it appears that more than two dozen people are being held together in a room. The person taking the video is heard saying, “Look how we have like dogs here.”
There is no furniture in the room. Many people are seen sitting or sitting on a towel or foil blanket on the floor. There are two toilets with the sink behind the room, not only half the walls. One of the two toilets is covered with foil blankets.
The legal battle on the Manhattan holding facility comes when snow is getting into custody Record the number of people facing exileAccording to internal agency data, on Tuesday morning, Ice was catching around 60,000 detainees across the US.
As part of the government’s widespread action on illegal immigration of President Trump, Ice has demanded to expand its prevention system by bringing new facilities online, Broker agreement To convert local sites with states into immigration prevention centers and use military bases, like Fort Bliss in Texas, as exile staging hub.
