Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A federal judge was expected to rule Wednesday after he called the conditions at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in a Chicago suburb "disgusting" after hearing more than 6 hours of testimony.
U.S District Judge Robert W. Gettleman on Tuesday reviewed the conditions at the facility in Broadview, Ill., that ICE is using as part of Operation Midway Blitz. He's ruling on a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois last week over detainee access to lawyers and allegedly inhumane conditions there.
Gettleman told the court that what he heard qualifies for court intervention. He said he will issue a final ruling on Wednesday, and that it will not be "impossible to comply with."
"I think everybody can admit that we don't want to treat people the way that I heard people are being treated today," Gettleman said after hearing testimony from five detainees being held at the facility, calling their descriptions of the facility "disgusting" and "unconstitutional."
"It's a disturbing record," Gettleman said. "People sleeping shoulder to shoulder, next to overflowing toilets and human waste -- that's unacceptable."
