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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Feds say migrants at ICE facility in Manhattan can’t have toothbrushes because they can be ‘improvised as weapons’

After a federal judge commanded Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to improve conditions inside a crowded detention space in New York City, government lawyers pushed back on orders to make sure immigrants detained there have access to toothbrushes.

Giving detainees a toothbrush could be a “potential safety concern,” officials told a judge Thursday.

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