A CNN analysis of ICE data found the agency has routinely violated its decades-long policy limiting detainee stays in temporary hold rooms to 12 hours. During the first six months of Trump's term, 18% of detainees were kept in hold rooms longer than 12 hours, up from 4% in 2024. At multiple facilities, including Krome in Miami, Baltimore federal building, and New York City federal building, detainees have averaged stays of two to three days or longer, with some held a week or more in crowded spaces lacking basic amenities. An internal ICE audit found detainees lacked pillows and blankets, with staff failing to follow meal-provision procedures. In June 2025, ICE modified its policy to allow up to 72 hours in some hold rooms as an exception. An immigration attorney noted conditions included nine men jammed into converted meeting rooms with only cardboard boxes for bedding. Federal judges have ordered improvements at Manhattan facilities, and a class action lawsuit challenged detention conditions described as crowded, squalid, and punitive.