Florida ordered to dismantle Alligator Alcatraz over environmental impact
The ruling, which gives the state 60 days to act, comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to convert a prison in North Florida into a second immigrant detention site.
A federal judge in Miami gave the state of Florida 60 days to clear out the immigrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz, handing environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians a win after they clashed with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over the environmental impacts the makeshift site was having in the federally protected Everglades.
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August 22, 2025
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Federal agent fires shots at man during immigration operation, DHS says
Video from inside the man's car shows Customs and Border Protection officers breaking the windows before three shots were fired.
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August 17, 2025
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Federal agents use Penske truck in raid outside Westlake Home Depot
Several people were reportedly taken into custody after federal agents stormed a Home Depot parking lot in the Westlake area of Los Angeles Wednesday morning.
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August 06, 2025
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'You’ve got no rights’: teenage US citizen records violent arrest by immigration officers
Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, an 18-year-old US citizen, was driving to work in North Palm Beach with his mother and two male friends when they were pulled over by the Florida highway patrol on 2 May 2025. After asking the occupants for their details, the officers called for backup, and US border patrol agents arrived on the scene. The three male occupants of the car were forcibly pulled out of the vehicle and arrested. One of them was put in a chokehold and another was tased. After the incident, the officers could be heard bragging and making light of the arrests
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July 25, 2025
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Trump Awards Immigration Detention Center Contract for Fort Bliss in Texas - Bloomberg
Tent camp with 5,000 beds would be the largest such facility in the country, fueling fears of advocates who say they often don’t meet basic needs
bloomberg.com
July 22, 2025
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Colorado AG: Deputy who pulled over teen detained by ICE violated state law
The investigation revealed the deputy shared the teen's personal information with federal immigration agents and stalled her in his vehicle so they could arrest her.
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July 22, 2025
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US: Immigrants Abused in Florida Detention Sites | Human Rights Watch
The United States government has subjected immigrants detained in three Florida facilities to abusive, degrading, and in some cases life-threatening conditions, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Human Rights Watch, and Sanctuary of the South said in a report released today.
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July 21, 2025
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Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges | US immigration | The Guardian
Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities.
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July 21, 2025
Richard Luscombe
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Ice secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost green card | US immigration | The Guardian
Family of Luis Leon say they were initially told by someone he had died, but they found him alive in Guatemala hospital
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July 20, 2025
Michael Sainato
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Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns
Hundreds of immigrants with no criminal charges in the United States are being held at Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility state and federal officials have characterized as a place where “vicious” and “deranged psychopaths” are sent before they get deported, records obtained by the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times show.
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July 13, 2025
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George Retes, disabled vet and US citizen, taken during Camarillo, California immigration raid at Glass House Farms: family - ABC7 Chicago
Concerned family members are seeking answers after they say George Retes, a disabled U.S. veteran and citizen, was taken during a Camarillo raid.
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July 12, 2025
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Hospital says California farmworker is alive after 30-foot fall during ICE raid - ABC News
A farmworker whose union said he suffered injuries in a California ICE raid is alive and in critical condition, the hospital said Friday evening.
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July 11, 2025
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Detainees being held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ describe conditions – NBC 6 South Florida
A man being held inside the Florida facility said he hasn't been able to shower and that he has was served food with worms in it.
nbcmiami.com
July 08, 2025
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Supreme Court Clears Path for Trump Deportations to South Sudan - Newsweek
The ruling halts a lower court order that temporarily allowed migrants to challenge their removal to countries outside their homeland.
newsweek.com
July 03, 2025
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How Republicans Are Willfully Endangering Immigrant Kids
GOP lawmakers often claim they want to protect children, but their policy decisions tell a different story.
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July 02, 2025
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Iranian woman, who has lived in US for 47 years, taken by Ice while gardening | US immigration | The Guardian
Madonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian, 64, was taken by plainclothes officers from her home in New Orleans
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June 27, 2025
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ICE arrests boy with leukemia in L.A. courthouse, misses medical checkup, lawsuit says - Los Angeles Times
A Honduran woman filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of her and her family’s detention at a Texas facility. She is also asking for a preliminary injunction that would prevent her family’s immediate deportation to Honduras as her 6-year-old son battles acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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June 27, 2025
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Canadian National Dies in ICE Custody: What We Know - Newsweek
Johnny Noviello was found unresponsive at a federal detention center on Monday.
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June 26, 2025
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US citizen arrested during Ice raid in what family describes as ‘kidnapping’ | US immigration | The Guardian
Andrea Velez, 32, a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona, had just been dropped off at work by her mother and sister
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June 26, 2025
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Utah student arrested in Colorado says days in ICE detention were "hardest of my life"
Caroline Dias Goncalves, 19, was released on bond Friday after 15 days in immigration detention in Aurora. Now she must fight deportation.
coloradosun.com
June 25, 2025
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