A federal judge in Manhattan issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday requiring the Trump administration to improve conditions for immigrants detained at 26 Federal Plaza, where people desperate for food, water and medication have allegedly been treated “as if they were animals.”

Manhattan Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan’s written order requires federal immigration authorities to provide migrants in custody with clean and safe sleeping space, nutritious meals, prescription medication, access to lawyers, and other necessities.

The order came in a lawsuit filed last week against the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of Sergio Alberto Barco Mercado, a Peruvian immigrant swept up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, on Aug. 8, which seeks class-action status.

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