Florida, Alligator Alcatraz
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The Trump administration announced on Friday that it would allocate over $600M in grants to states willing to build migrant detention centers modeled after 'Alligator Alcatraz.'
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.
Citing conditions and legal issues at Governor Ron DeSantis’ “Alligator Alcatraz” facility in the Everglades, a Mexican diplomat issued a stark warning to anyone from his country thinking of traveling to Florida.
Questioning the very legality of the state-run detention center, the attorneys said in a legal filing Friday that immigrants held at the site are unable to challenge their detention because there is no federal immigration court overseeing their cases — even though the complex of tents and trailers has been operating for nearly a month.
What they’re trying to do, at the end of the day, is pretend like this facility is not governed by federal law,” said one attorney.
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