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Inside Trump’s ‘Deplorable’ ICE Jail That Even Its Own Staff Condemn

Court evidence lays bare the disease, filth, and overcrowding inside New York’s 26 Federal Plaza immigration center.

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Tom Latchem
May 28, 2026
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We have heard the horror stories for months now. Men, women, and children hauled into ICE custody during Donald Trump’s brutal mass deportation drive, describing the agency’s holding cells as cramped, filthy, and barely fit for human beings.

Now, a lawsuit brought by a group of detainees against the Donald Trump administration over their treatment lets us see that “deplorable” truth with our own eyes.

It’s so grim that even ICE’s own agents and officials have been revealed to be disgusted.

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