New York, NY—Today, Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Lewis Kaplan issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) requiring that ICE meet baseline conditions for holding people on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza including proper spacing, bedding, food, water, hygiene, clean clothes, medication, access to a doctor and legal phone calls.
26 Federal Plaza 10th Floor Detention Center Must Be Shut Down For Good
ICE & BOP Confine NY Congressional Reps & NYIC President, Deny them Entry to Sunset Park MDC
New York, NY—This morning, NYIC President Murad Awawdeh joined Members of Congress Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), and Dan Goldman (NY10) in an oversight visit to MDC Brooklyn, where over 100 immigrants are now being detained under a new ICE-Bureau of Prisons agreement.
Yeonsoo is Home With Her Family, All Arrests at Immigration Courts Must End
New York, NY—Yesterday, Yeonsoo Go was released from ICE custody, five days after she was detained at 26 Federal Plaza at a routine court hearing. Despite following the proper legal process, she was sent to a federal detention facility in Louisiana after being detained on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza.