A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Wednesday in response to an emergency class action lawsuit filed on behalf of individuals who have been held at the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility near Chicago. The order requires that the facility provide detainees with clean bedding and space to sleep, basic hygiene supplies, showers, free water, and three full meals a day. Detainees must also be given their prescribed medications and be allowed to communicate with attorneys. The decision comes the day after five detainees testified in court to the inhumane and unlawful conditions they experienced while at the facility.
"People shouldn't be sleeping in plastic chairs. They shouldn't be sleeping on the floor," United States District Judge Robert Gettleman said on Wednesday.
