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Immigration

Jul. 11, 2025

ICE detainees in 'dungeon-like' cells without counsel, US judge told

ICE detainees in overcrowded, "dungeon-like" cells were allegedly denied counsel by agents "ping-ponging" them between facilities, prompting a restraining order request to a U.S. judge in Los Angeles.

Poor living conditions in overcrowded ICE detention cells last month allowed federal agents in Los Angeles to unlawfully "ping-pong" detained immigrant targets between multiple facilities across the county, ultimately preventing them access to legal counsel, a judge was told Thursday.

"This didn't have anything to do with security. ... This was an attempt to make certain these individuals did not know their rights," Mark D. Rosenbaum of Public Counsel told ...

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