US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order directing the Trump administration to expand and sanitize holding areas for ICE detainees at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, following a lawsuit filed by Peruvian immigrant Sergio Alberto Barco Mercado, citing cramped, unsanitary, and inhumane conditions.

In his ruling, Judge Kaplan mandated that, by August 26, detainees must be provided with larger, cleaner accommodations, each furnished with bedding mats, adequate hygiene supplies, and that these spaces be cleaned at least three times daily. He also ordered that detainees be given printed notice of their rights within one hour of detention, receive one additional meal per day, have access to bottled water, and be afforded private phone calls with counse

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