Democrats, Alligator Alcatraz
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Trump scored a partial win as a judge tossed one claim, but Florida legal battles over detainee rights continue.
A federal judge tossed out part of a lawsuit brought by detainees at the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in the Florida Everglades, handing a partial victory to the Trump administration.
Orlando Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost delivered sharp criticism of the site, describing it as "inhumane" and calling for it to be shut down.
Although a federal judge in Miami ordered their case be moved to another Florida district, the ACLU and other plaintiffs suing the controversial migrant detention facility over access to attorneys insist they'll win the litigation - and that they have already been handed "an important victory.
A judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit from immigrant advocates after finding many of the migrants held at "Alligator Alcatraz" have received access to legal counsel.
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Environmental concerns could halt construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail
Gov. Ron DeSantis has said the location in the rugged and remote Everglades was meant as a deterrent against escape, much like the island prison in California that Republicans named it after. The detention center has an estimated annual cost of $450 million, according to a public database.
Detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention facility can continue to allege that officials violated the First Amendment by barring confidential attorney-client communications, but they must do in a different federal court.