Eleven elected Democrats, including state and New York City officials, were arrested Thursday after they sought to inspect living conditions in Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza.

26 Federal Plaza hosts an ICE field office and an immigration courtroom. The field office also has four holding cells, which it has been criticized for using to hold migrants for too long and in poor conditions.

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The holding cells are intended to be a stopgap until the migrants can be transferred to a longer-term f

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