US EditionJudge orders improvements at a Chicago-area immigration facility after claims of inhumane conditions
- 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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US federal judge orders officials to improve conditions for immigration detainees in Illinois facility
A US federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide better conditions for detainees in an Chicago immigration facility. Judge Robert Gettleman of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois mandated that DHS comply several hygiene-related requirements, ordering for cells to be cleaned at least twice daily, clean toilet facilities, opportunities to shower at least every other day, and at least…
Capitol Fa - Your Illinois News Radar » Roundup: Judge orders feds to improve conditions at Broadview ICE facilityCapitolFax.com
* Capitol News Illinois… A federal judge on Wednesday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials overhaul its processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview in order to make it more humane. U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman’s ruling followed hours of testimony the previous day from undocumented immigrants who testified they were pressured to sign [...]
Judge orders Trump administration to improve conditions at Chicago-area immigration site
A judge has ordered federal officials to improve conditions for detainees at one of the Chicago-area detention centers being used by Trump’s administration as it wages a mass incarceration and deportation agenda that has swept up undocumented immigrants and American citizens alike.
A judge demands improvements at the ICE facility in Broadview
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, toilet paper, t…
Judge orders ICE to clean up conditions in Broadview facility that’s ‘become a prison’ - IPM Newsroom
Illinois Newsroom - The ruling follows hours of testimony from former detainees who couldn’t speak to lawyers. The post Judge orders ICE to clean up conditions in Broadview facility that’s ‘become a prison’ appeared first on IPM Newsroom.
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