A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately improve conditions at a New York City immigration holding facility after jailed migrants complained of dirty, overcrowded cells and a lack of basic necessities.

In a ruling Tuesday, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued a temporary restraining order requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) to limit capacity, ensure cleanliness, and provide sleeping mats in so-called "hold rooms" at 26 Federal Plaza, a federal building in Manhattan.

"My conclusion here is that there is a very serious threat of continuing irreparable injury, given the conditions that I've been told about," Kaplan said during the hearing. He instructed ICE to allocate 50 square feet per person in each holding cell, cutting the largest room's capa

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