"Federal attorneys admitted at a Feb. 9 court hearing that numerous immigrants apprehended by ICE agents over the past few months while attending immigration court hearings at 26 Federal Plaza are now being detained on multiple floors of the building. The revelation came after a judge ordered last year that ICE reduce the number of people detained at Federal Plaza after video footage from inside a detainment area there showed numerous men sleeping on the floor and sharing one toilet."
"The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, seemed to conclude that only physical space was the problem, not the lack of proper facilities to detain large numbers of people humanely. It showed, yet again, an agency with blatant and dangerous disregard for those in its custody seemingly choosing to dehumanize and degrade people rather than uphold the law, the constitution, and human decency."
"Make no mistake: The vast majority of detained immigrants are not the worst of the worst, as people like Trump Border Czar Tom Homan continue to falsely insist. Indeed, a recent report found that nearly three out of every four people detained by ICE do not have criminal records or pending criminal charges."
Numerous immigrants apprehended by ICE at 26 Federal Plaza are being detained on multiple floors of the building after federal attorneys admitted the practice at a Feb. 9 court hearing. A judge had ordered reduced detentions after video showed men sleeping on the floor and sharing one toilet. The Department of Homeland Security attributed the problem to physical space rather than a lack of humane facilities. ICE continues to detain mostly nonviolent people; nearly three out of four detainees lack criminal records or pending charges. Detention conditions are described as grossly inhumane and potentially worse than New York City jails. ICE is acquiring large warehouses nationwide to house many more detainees.
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