"No fewer than a dozen elected officials people chosen by the voters to seats in government to represent their interests came to 26 Federal Plaza on Thursday seeking answers about ICE's treatment of immigrant detainees being held there. They were not only denied entry to the 10th-floor holding area, where many detainees are supposedly being held despite ICE's continued denials, but the lawmakers also staged a protest over the federal agency's continued obfuscation about the fate of the immigrants in its custody."
"It is no secret that ICE has used the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza as a facility to detain immigrants it seized outside courtrooms for the past few months. The leaked video showed these individuals living in tight quarters and squalid conditions in an area not fit for use as a holding cell. City, state, and elected officials have repeatedly attempted to inspect the 10th floor, only to be repeatedly turned away by ICE."
More than a dozen city and state elected officials went to 26 Federal Plaza seeking information about immigrant detainees held by ICE and were denied entry to the 10th-floor holding area. ICE agents arrested the lawmakers during a protest and released them within hours with summonses after they cooperated and did not resist. Reports and leaked video indicate detainees were kept in tight, squalid quarters on the 10th floor. City and state officials have repeatedly been refused inspections of the 10th floor. The ACLU sued the federal government and won a court order requiring ICE to provide suitable accommodations and to avoid mass holding in small spaces.
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