Overview

• Eleven elected officials were denied access to inspect 10th‑floor cells at 26 Federal Plaza and were arrested during a hallway sit‑in.
• Organizers reported 77 arrests while ICE cited 71, with journalists photographing arrestees in plastic restraints lined against a wall.
• Participants said the action followed a federal judge’s temporary injunction directing ICE to improve conditions tied to overcrowding and unsanitary facilities.
• New York City Comptroller Brad Lander described the facility’s treatment of migrants as cruel and inhuman after his release.
• Those arrested included Jumaane Williams, Tiffany Cabán, Julia Salazar, and state senator Jabari Brisport at the building that also houses an immigration court.