CHICAGO — A 56-year-old widower, a single parent and sole caretaker for four U.S. citizen children, had secured an immigration court date with a good case for being granted bail, according to his attorney.

But despite entering the U.S. legally and securing a work permit, a lawsuit alleges, immigration agents made the man sign a voluntary departure waiver while he was housed in allegedly inhumane conditions at the west suburban Broadview, Illinois, holding facility.

Later that day, he was “on the other side of the border.”

The man’s case is detailed in a sweeping class-action lawsuit filed on Friday against immigration officials, alleging dirty and unsafe conditions at the federal holding facility in Broadview where they say arrestees are being warehoused for days on end.

The complaint,

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