Overview
- An emergency class-action filed in federal court names plaintiffs Pablo Moreno Gonzalez and Felipe Agustin Zamacona and targets Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, ICE Director Todd Lyons and related agencies.
- The suit alleges overcrowded, unsanitary confinement with limited food, water and medical care, as well as blocked access for attorneys, members of Congress, clergy and journalists that turns Broadview into a “black box.”
- Plaintiffs say officers coerced detainees to sign forms they did not understand and transferred people before lawyers could intervene, resulting in expedited removals without hearings.
- Reporting cited in the complaint shows the processing site has held people for days, with records of at least 143 detainees kept two or more days earlier this year as arrests increased under Operation Midway Blitz.
- DHS has rejected the allegations, asserting detainees receive proper meals, medical treatment and communication access, while protests outside Broadview continue and a prior court order restricts federal crowd-control tactics.