A federal magistrate said she plans to visit the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview amid a class-action lawsuit alleging inhumane conditions, granting a win to the plaintiffs who want to verify that the government is abiding by court-ordered requirements to improve circumstances there.

Magistrate Laura McNally made her intentions known during a Friday afternoon hearing that followed a status report filed earlier in the day in which the government said it was in compliance or working to comply with a series of requirements ordered by a judge to make the facility livable and humane, even as the plaintiffs expressed skepticism and asked for proof.

U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order that requires gover

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