‘Like Dogs in Here’ — Videos Expose ICE Lock-up Inside 26 Federal Plaza
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An analysis of ICE data by THE CITY shows that dozens of people have packed into locked rooms and increasingly held for days inside a Manhattan building the feds say isn’t a detention site.

The video was first sent to Assemblymember Catalina Cruz’ office by a constituent known to her office who was detained at an immigration court appearance last week and had snuck a phone inside. Phones and other personal effects are typically confiscated by ICE agents when a person is arrested, which is why no photos of the 10th floor have emerged until now.

“The American Dream,” the man recording the video says. “Immigration, 26 Federal Plaza.”

In a separate voice memo shared with THE CITY, the man described the room further, saying: “They haven’t given us food, they haven’t given us medicine. We’re cold. There are people who’ve been here for 10, 15 days inside. We’re just waiting.”

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security didn’t immediately return a request for comment on the detention data or the videos of conditions inside 26 Federal Plaza.