New York City, New York

New York City Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office Holding Area

United States

Status

In use

2025

Type: Immigration field office (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Management: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Governmental)

Detains: Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Conditions complaints? Capacity Reported population
YES

2025

No Data
No Data
United States

277,913

Migration Detainee Entries

37,722

Average Daily Migrant Detainee Population

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ABOUT

This holding area is located on the 10th floor of the 41-floor Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) New York City field office, at 26 Federal Plaza. On the 10th floor, there are four holding cells and working offices of ICE staff who process the transfer of detainees to other detention facilities outside New York City. The holding cells have built-in long benches and no beds.

NEWS & TESTIMONY
2025

“[This facility has] typically held a few dozen immigrants at a time for a few hours before transferring them to detention centers. But as the Trump administration expands its immigration crackdown, the space has becom [...]

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FACILITY NAMES
New York City Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office Holding Area
Location

Country: United States

City & Region: New York City, New York, Americas

Latitude, Longitude: 40.71551332423, -74.00423345605

Contact Information
10th floor, 26 Federal Plaza

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2025
Closed/ceased migrant detention
2013
In use
2012
In use
2009
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration field office
2025
Administrative
Immigration field office
2012
Administrative
Immigration field office
2009
Management
Management
Type
Year
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Governmental
2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Governmental
2009
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Internal or Public Security
2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Internal or Public Security
2009

DETAINEES

Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2025

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009

SIZE & POPULATION

Facility Average Daily Population (year)

Number 3

2007
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 5

2012

Number 3

2011

Number 18

2010

Number 8

2009

Number 4

2008

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Short-term (3 days or less)

2025

Length Short-term (3 days or less)

2015
Overstays

Reported Overstays Yes

2012

Reported Overstays Yes

2011

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2025
2025

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2009

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2025

CELLS

Equipped (beds, tables, shelves, chairs)

No

2025

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

No

2025
Outdoor Space

No

2025

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2025

“[This facility has] typically held a few dozen immigrants at a time for a few hours before transferring them to detention centers. But as the Trump administration expands its immigration crackdown, the space has become overcrowded and people sleep sprawled on the floor, sometimes for days [… This has] prompted several congressional Democrats to demand that they be allowed inside for oversight purposes. Those demands have been denied. […] ICE premises have turned into political battlegrounds over President Trump’s immigration agenda, leading to the arrests of several Democratic officials. […] The lawmakers also said that immigration authorities were playing word games by arguing that the 10th floor was not technically a detention facility despite migrants being held there temporarily."