Immigration attorneys will be allowed inside the Whipple Federal Building on Monday to visit clients and see conditions for themselves, following a judge’s ruling over the weekend.
After U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison reported poor conditions for detainees inside Whipple, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that “Any claim that there are subprime conditions at ICE facilities are FALSE.”
At the same time, the top lawyer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota has departed, as immigration authorities face intensifying scrutiny from federal judges over repeated failures to comply with court orders.
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