A Central Florida man — legally in the United States, according to his attorneys — has been released from the state’s Alligator Alcatraz detention center, but remains in federal custody, one of those attorneys said Friday.

(Bloomberg) -- The US has begun deporting detainees from the makeshift immigration detention center in Florida dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” Governor Ron DeSantis said.About 100 people were deported directly from the facility, while several hundred detainees have been transferred to other immigrant detention centers, DeSantis said. The facility, built at an abandoned airfield in the Everglades, has been touted by President Donald Trump as crucial to his plans for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.“The cadence is increasing,” the Republican governor said at a press briefing outside the detention center on Friday. “You’re going to continue to see the numbers of deportations really go up dramatically.”DeSantis said members of the National Guard will be deputized to act as immigration judges on site to speed up the process once he receives federal approval of the plan.The governor didn’t say where the migrants were being sent, and the US Department of Homeland Security, which is implementing the deportations, didn’t respond to a request for comment.Made up mostly of tents and trailers, the facility was put together in about a week at the end of June and opened in early July. Kevin Guthrie, the head of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, said that the facility currently can hold 2,000 detainees and that capacity will be increased to 4,000 beds. Guthrie denied reports that detainees weren’t receiving proper medical attention and said that legal representatives should be able to access the center by Monday. Last week a group of detainees filed a lawsuit claiming “Alligator Alcatraz” had no procedure for migrants to contact lawyers.Guthrie dismissed concerns about the center’s vulnerability in the event of a hurricane. He said it would be able to withstand a Category 2 hurricane, and that officials would evacuate the facility in the case of a storm that’s stronger.--With assistance from Alicia A. Caldwell.Most Read from BloombergTrump Awards $1.26 Billion Contract to Build Biggest Immigrant Detention Center in USThe High Costs of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ New Car Loan DeductionCan This Bridge Ease the Troubled US-Canadian Relationship?Salt Lake City Turns Winter Olympic Bid Into Statewide Bond BoomTrump Administration Sues NYC Over Sanctuary City Policy©2025 Bloomberg L.P.

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Sabines’ concerns were based on a case he has been involved in where two brothers were brought to the detention camp. Mexican officials have said both brothers had valid documentation.  “They will detain you here for anything,

Cornyn made the comments in reference to a new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades that's surrounded by swamps filled with alligators.

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