Judge 'bewildered' as ICE reveals detention areas hidden from the court

[cbabe]

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-court-2675241463/

Judge 'bewildered' as ICE reveals detention areas hidden from the court

Matthew Chapman
February 9, 2026 9:03PM ET

A federal judge was blindsided on Monday upon learning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been storing detainees on floors of a Manhattan facility that it hadn't disclosed to the court prior.

According to Courthouse News, "U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan slammed ICE for 'stalling' the production of discovery related to how immigrants are treated at 26 Federal Plaza, a short-term ICE jail in downtown Manhattan that has been subjected to claims of overcrowding, unsanitary living conditions and violations of detainees’ civil rights."

In particular, per the report, ICE has already been under an order to limit the number of detainees stored on the infamous 10th floor of the facility, so to get around that, they started storing people on the ninth floor as well.

"The makeshift jail is just two floors below immigration courtrooms, where many of the detainees were abruptly detained by ICE following routine court appearances," said the report. "Despite claims from the Department of Homeland Security that the facility is merely a short-term processing center, many noncitizens claimed in court filings that they were held for days at a time and lacked access to clean clothes, edible food and calls with their attorneys."

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Oestericher "tried to clear things up for the bewildered judge. He explained that, since Kaplan ordered that no more than 22 inmates may be detained in the building’s 10th-floor jail at a time, ICE has started using holding cells on the ninth floor as they wait for space to open up on the 10th," said the report. When Kaplan then asked, “Are there toilet facilities in each room?” Oestericher conceded he didn't know.

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(‘Storing’ people.)

[Beartracks]

1. Storing people...

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[gab13by13]

2. They aren't detention areas

they are concentration camps. People are dying there and we have no idea how many.

[Deuxcents]

4. On Rachael tonight, they are buying up warehouses all over the country for thousands more people

And people are now getting wind of this and refusing to sell or allow them in the first place. The administration is planning for massive amounts of more people, with or without due process..just arrest them, put them away in warehouses. Unimaginable but it’s happening now

[Sweet Rosie Red]

3. Storing bodies!

ICE personnel refer to their victims as “bodies” according to US citizens held in Minneapolis have reported that hearing agents refer to them as “bodies” was terrifying. They wondered if they would ever make it out.

I have had the privelege of having Somali home care nurses during recovery from a couple of spine surgeries. They were unfailingly caring, considerate, polite, sensitive and skilled. I ws lucky to have them care for me. Trump’s hatred of these people is insane. They are an asset to Minnesota!