ICE Agrees to Inform NYC Detainees of Their Rights

Immigration enforcement officials promised to inform noncitizens detained in New York City’s immigration courthouse of their right to legal counsel and allow them to make confidential calls to their attorneys as part of an agreement signed Monday.

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York signed off on the agreement between the federal government and a class of plaintiffs who have been detained at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building at 26 Federal Plaza. It resolves plaintiffs’ concerns that ICE isn’t complying with a September preliminary injunction requiring improved conditions at building ...