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U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order requiring ICE and the Department of Homeland Security to provide clean bedding mats, toiletries and at least three full meals per day to detainees at the Broadview detention center.
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Democrats press DHS to reinstate oversight of ICE detention centers
A group of Virginia Democrats from both chambers is pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reinstall the federal workers who monitor the agency’s immigrant detention centers. The lawmakers say the employees of the Office of Detention Oversight (ODO),
Gov. Jim Pillen said Thursday that there are as many as 60 ICE detainees currently housed at the regional detention center in McCook.
Federal Judge Robert Gettleman ordered an ICE facility near Chicago to improve living conditions for detainees, requiring clean bedding and hygiene.
After detainees described squalid conditions at the detention site, a judge ordered the government to provide showers, water, clean toilets and access to lawyers.
Guillermo Diaz-Torres, 33, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, will be arraigned next month in DuPage County following a one-car crash in Oak Brook on Oct. 26. Police allege he failed several field-sobriety tests, including balancing, walking in a straight line and reciting the alphabet.
U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman is requiring officials at the de facto detention center run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to provide detainees with a clean bedding mat, a sufficient amount of hygienic supplies,
ICE wants to create a round-the-clock facility that could handle 6,000-7,000 calls per day related to immigration enforcement, it said.
A Spanish-language immersion day care was raided by federal immigration agents, and a teacher was taken away, panicking school administrators and parents at the center.
Victor Cruz-Gamez received work authorization from one arm of Homeland Security, while another seeks to deport him. He was arrested in a case of mistaken identity.