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All detainees from immigration facility Alligator Alcatraz have been transferred, DHS says
All detainees at an immigration detention center in an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades, known as Alligator Alcatraz, have been transferred to other facilities, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said, citing concerns related to the hurricane season.
All detainees at an immigration detention center in an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades, known as Alligator Alcatraz, have been transferred to other facilities, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said, citing concerns related to the hurricane season, The Associated Press reported.
A spokesperson for ICE also confirmed this to Gulf Coast News, saying, "As we enter into hurricane season, ICE and the state of Florida have moved illegal aliens from the soft sided facility. For the safety of the illegal alien detainees, we transferred them to other facilities.”
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