US Edition‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrants Sue to Gain Access to Attorneys
EVERGLADES, FLORIDA, JUL 17 – The lawsuit alleges detainees at Alligator Alcatraz face denial of attorney access and inability to file legal documents, violating constitutional rights, said the American Civil Liberties Union.
- Wednesday, a class-action lawsuit was filed with help of the American Civil Liberties Union and immigrant rights groups at Alligator Alcatraz, a remote Everglades facility.
- No protocols exist for confidential attorney-client communication, and attorneys have been barred entry by armed police and the Florida National Guard.
- Reports detail a lack of water, sanitation and private communication for detained migrants, with one detainee saying he shares a plastic tent with 32 men and is limited to five-minute recorded calls.
- The lawsuit names four detained men, three law firms, a legal-services organization and an attorney as plaintiffs, and lists federal and state officials—including U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis—as defendants.
- Amid plans to replicate it nationwide, the Trump administration is seeking to expand the 'Alligator Alcatraz' model, and the majority of the roughly 1,000 detainees, according to the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times, remain uncharged or unconvicted.
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