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All detainees transferred out of controversial migrant facility known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
All detainees at an immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” have been transferred.
MIAMI (AP) — All detainees at an immigration detention center on 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 South Florida Detention Center has been praised by President Donald Trump . But its conditions have been harshly criticized by lawyers, families and human rights groups , who have persistently denounced the mistreatment of detainees since the center opened 11 months ago, during the Atlantic hurricane season.
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