Everglades, Florida and Alligator Alcatraz
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"This is an unprecedented situation where hundreds of detainees are held incommunicado, with no ability to access the courts, under legal authority that has never been explained and may not exist," plaintiffs argued in a court filing.
The Trump administration is offering $608 million to states willing to expand migrant detention efforts.
New aerial footage is showing another view of the new high-security immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades coined "Alligator Alcatraz."
Detainees at an ICE facility in the Florida Everglades referred to Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishments from guards.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security has started to fly undocumented immigrants out of the detention center 'in the last few days."
Governor Ron DeSantis made the announcement Friday morning that at least 100 detainees have been flown out of the country from the Everglades-based facility since it opened at the start of the month.
The Mayor of Miami-Dade County is once again demanding access to Alligator Alcatraz, the immigrant detention center in the Everglades that was rapidly built on property seized from the county.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to speak from the Everglades immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” at 9 a.m. Friday.