Conditions inside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in west suburban Broadview will be at the center of yet another high-stakes hearing at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Tuesday.

And a federal judge has said he’s ready to devote his entire day to it.

Lawyers want U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman to enter a temporary restraining order governing conditions inside the facility, where they say people are being held without sufficient food and water, opportunities for hygiene, or access to proper medical care.

“Broadview is a black hole,” they wrote in a recently proposed class-action lawsuit , “and federal officials are acting with impunity inside its walls.”

The lawsuit sets the stage for another pivotal hearing at the federal courthouse in Chicago’s

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