US EditionJudge orders improvements at a Chicago-area immigration facility after claims of inhumane conditions
The 14-day order mandates clean bedding, hygiene products, and medications after detainees reported overcrowding and unsanitary conditions at the Broadview facility.
- On Wednesday, a federal judge in Chicago ordered improvements at the Broadview immigration facility, requiring clean bedding, hygiene supplies and medications for 14 days.
- Detainees told the court that conditions were 'inhuman,' prompting a federal judge in Chicago to reconvene at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday for a temporary restraining order.
- During a preliminary injunction hearing, attorneys introduced videotaped footage entered at the hearing showing Senior Border Patrol official Greg Bovino grabbing, tackling a man and tossing tear gas, which Bovino denied as reportable force.
- U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis has already ordered federal immigration agents to wear badges, banned certain riot-control tactics, and required body cameras after criticizing officials for ignoring earlier orders, though an appeals court blocked a briefing order.
- Justice Department lawyers accused protesters of threatening officers, while witnesses and protesters described unprovoked pepper ball and tear gas use, and Juan Munoz, Oak Park Township Trustee, said he was detained eight hours.
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Broadview ICE Facility Must Provide Basics Like Water, Calls With Attorneys Under Judge's Order
CHICAGO — A federal judge is mandating more than a dozen immediate improvements to conditions that he said have been “unnecessarily cruel” inside the ICE facility in suburban Broadview. While issuing the 14-day restraining order Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman said he found testimony made in a hours-long hearing Tuesday by five former detained people “highly credible.” Those people described being crammed into cells for days, giv…
Judge orders improvements at a Chicago-area immigration facility
CHICAGO — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered authorities to improve a Chicago-area immigration facility after a group of detainees sued, alleging they were being kept in “inhumane” conditions. The order will be in effect for 14 days. It requires officials to provide detainees at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the west Chicago suburb of Broadview with a clean bedding mat and sufficient space to sleep, soap, towels, toile…
Temporary restraining order issued over the conditions at Broadview immigration site
BROADVIEW, Ill. — A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday over the conditions at the Broadview immigration detention center. The order requires the government to provide a clean bedding mat and bedding with enough place to sleep for everyone who spends the night at the facility. The government must also supply personal care items like soap and toilet paper and provide adequate shower and toilet facilities among other basi…
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Judge orders improvements at a Chicago-area immigration facility after claims of inhumane conditions
A federal judge in Chicago ordered authorities to improve conditions at an immigration facility after a group of detainees alleged they were kept in “inhumane” conditions and sued.
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