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Gothamist: ‘They’re killing us’: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions inside NYC holding site

Gothamist: 'They're killing us': Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions inside NYC holding site

  • July 9, 2025
  • 2:17 pm

Immigrants being detained in federal holding rooms in Lower Manhattan have reported being unable to bathe or change clothes, overcrowding and inadequate meals. NYLAG immigration attorneys, like Rebecca Rubin, spoke with Gothamist reporter Arya Sundaram about what she's seen her own clients go through in recent weeks:

" There's no room to sit down - standing room only," said Rebecca Rubin, an immigration attorney for the New York Legal Assistance Group, who has had at least three clients detained in the cells.

Ridgewood high schooler Derlis, another person detained in close quarters, was fed one to two meals a day and was forced to sleep sitting up because the room was so crowded.

Read the full story in Gothamist, originally published on July 9, 2025.

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