A federal judge in New York City on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to abide by a series of strict and stringent rules as authorities continue to use a federal office building in lower Manhattan as a makeshift immigration detention facility.

In an 84-page opinion , U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, a Bill Clinton appointee, granted a preliminary injunction aimed at improving living conditions for people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at 26 Federal Plaza, the large federal complex located adjacent to Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood.

Beginning this spring, ICE officials began using the 10th floor of the building as a "processing facility" for detained immigrants.

On Aug. 8, the plaintiffs sued. The 24-page complaint alleges the use of the 10th floor

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