CHICAGO — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to overhaul its processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview in order to make it more humane.

U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman’s ruling followed hours of testimony the previous day from undocumented immigrants who testified they were pressured to sign voluntary deportation forms in order to escape the facility’s overcrowded and filthy conditions.

“People shouldn’t be sleeping next to overflowing toilets,” the judge said during a brief hearing late Wednesday afternoon before issuing his temporary restraining order. “They shouldn’t be sleeping on top of each other. They shouldn’t be sleeping in plastic chairs. They shouldn’t be sleeping on concrete floors.”

In fact, sleeping was

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