Florida-Run ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Violates US Law, ACLU Says
President Donald Trump, center, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, left, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem tour a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz,” in Ochopee, Florida, on July 1.
Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Florida detention camp known as Alligator Alcatraz is being run illegally by state workers who are holding immigrants “off the grid,” the American Civil Liberties Union said in a new lawsuit filed hours after a judge in a different case ruled the facility must be dismantled.
The ACLU on Friday sued a group of Florida agencies involved in operating the facility, alleging they’re violating federal laws that strictly limit how states can participate in immigration enforcement.