Click to enter your existing username and password or create a new account. Click to purchase an individual user subscription with your credit card. Immigration LawOn Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan held a hearing over conditions at the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza—a short-term detention facility that, according to civil rights organizations, ICE used to hold more than a hundred people at a time, for days, potentially weeks, over the course of last summer.5 minute read May 27, 2026 at 04:50 PMBy26 Federal Plaza. Photo: Alyssa Aquino/ALMAllegedly substandard meals and a government declaration that appeared misleading were top of mind for a Manhattan federal judge weighing whether he should place permanent restrictions on a controversial U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Lower Manhattan.