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Judge orders that “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center be shut down for now

From The Times
August 21, 2025

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An aerial view of part of a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."
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Judge Orders That ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now

 

A federal judge ordered that no more immigrant detainees be sent to a center in the Florida Everglades, known as Alligator Alcatraz, and that much of the facility be dismantled.

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