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Illinois advocates sue over ‘torturous’ conditions at Chicago-area ICE facility

people holding signs  such as 'seeking safety is not a crime' and 'you will never find justice in a world where criminals make the rules'
Demonstrators make themselves heard at the ‘free speech zone’ near the immigrant processing and detention center on 17 October in Broadview, Illinois. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Illinois advocates sued federal authorities on Friday over alleged “inhumane and torturous” conditions at a Chicago-area federal immigration facility.

Attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois and the MacArthur Justice Center say US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have denied people being held at the Broadview facility private calls with attorneys and have blocked members of Congress, faith leaders and journalists from entering the building.

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