"While the federal government has done all it can to hide the horrific conditions of its de facto detention center at 26 Federal Plaza, we have all seen the truth. I thank Make the Road New York, both the ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union, and Wang Hecker LLP, who brought this case and secured this order.
"The Trump administration has refused Congressional and city leaders like myself from seeing its grotesque treatment of human beings in custody, and despite our efforts, the Adams administration has refused to try to exert its authority to inspect the space. Today’s Temporary Restraining Order should be a measure of protection against the worst of these conditions, though in the last several months DHS has openly defied laws and orders – so we still need to gain access and bear witness.
"The conditions on the 10th Floor of 26 Federal Plaza are inhumane, and ICE’s abductions I’ve witnessed throughout other floors of the building show the depths of inhumanity in conditions and conduct that this administration is willing to inflict on immigrant New Yorkers. Today’s ruling provides some temporary protections against the first – and we must continue to use every tool available to fight Donald Trump’s extra-legal abductions and abuses."
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