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A federal judge tentatively ruled the government must ensure immigrant detainees at downtown L.A.’s B-18 processing center have access to legal counsel.

Attorneys for detainees allege that the facility holds detainees in inhumane conditions—no beds, showers or heat — that are meant to coerce them to self-deport.

The government says detainees say they do have access to their attorneys and that conditions have normalized since summer protests against the raids.

A federal judge on Thursday issued a tentative ruling ordering that the government ensure immigrant detainees held in a downtown Los Angeles processing center have access to legal counsel.

The preliminary injunction would es

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