Following a bench trial in May 2026, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered a permanent injunction and certified the class of individuals who have and will be detained by ICE at 26 Federal Plaza. In a blistering 127-page opinion, Judge Kaplan found ICE subjected thousands of individuals detained at 26 Federal Plaza to “squalid” and “inhumane” conditions, in violation of their constitutional rights, and ordered ICE to implement permanent and expansive changes to the way it operates 26 Federal Plaza. Along with our co-counsel Make the Road New York, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the New York Civil Liberties Union, Wang Hecker proudly sought and obtained a result that will ensure necessary protections for every individual detained by ICE at 26 Federal Plaza. We will stay vigilant to ensure ICE complies with the Court’s order going forward.
