Envelopes with white powder found in ICE office in NYC
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Three family members, including a 6-year-old girl, were detained by ICE in Lower Manhattan after what was supposed to be a routine immigration hearing.
PIX11 News has learned that ICE is detaining a 7-year-old girl and her immediate family, sources confirmed Saturday morning. The 7-year-old, a student at a New York City Public School, and her mother were sent to an ICE detention center in Texas.
Mamadou Mouctar Diallo, a 20-year-old at a Brooklyn high school, was taken into custody at his immigration hearing.
The building at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan was evacuated following reports of an unknown white powder.
Lawyers representing detainees put forth allegations of cramped and unsanitary conditions, such as open-air toilets and a lack of beds or mattresses.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration Tuesday to immediately improve conditions at a New York City immigration holding facility, acting on complaints by jailed migrants that it is dirty, smelly and overcrowded.
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The arrest was the first known ICE arrest of a New York City child under the age of 18 during the second Trump administration.
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