Federal agents guard outside of a federal building and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center on June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Judge orders ICE to allow immigrant detainees in DTLA to see lawyers

A federal judge has issued a permanent order ensuring that immigrants detained at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in downtown Los Angeles can promptly see their attorneys, according to court papers obtained Friday.

U.S. District Judge Maame E. Frimpong issued the permanent injunction on Thursday, requiring that detainees confined in the basement facility known as B-18 in the federal building be given access to lawyers as required by the Fifth Amendment right to counsel.

At a hearing last month,

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