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A lawsuit alleges the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview is a “black box” where detainees are denied access to counsel while held in squalid, overcrowded cells.

Though the processing facility is only supposed to hold people for a maximum of 12 hours, many have been held for days on end, receiving very little food or water and no privacy.

A federal judge has scheduled a hearing in the case Tuesday morning, telling attorneys Friday that he’d make the “entire day available.”

Meanwhile, the 7 th Circuit Court of Appeals has nixed U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino’s court-ordered daily appearances after temporarily pausing the reports before they began earlier this week.

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