US EditionJudge orders Florida, federal officials to produce ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ agreements
EVERGLADES, FLORIDA, AUG 4 – U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz ordered disclosure of all custody agreements amid civil rights lawsuits alleging detainees face indefinite detention and lack legal representation.
- Federal and state officials in Florida must provide agreements showing which agency or contractor has authority at 'Alligator Alcatraz', as ordered by U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz.
- The lawsuit claims detainees' constitutional rights are violated as they are held without charges and barred from meeting lawyers.
- Environmental groups have sued the officials to halt 'Alligator Alcatraz', arguing the project violated environmental laws.
- The Archdiocese of Miami celebrated the first Mass at 'Alligator Alcatraz' after negotiating for detainees' pastoral care, as stated by Archbishop Thomas Wenski.
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Judge orders Florida, federal officials to produce 'Alligator Alcatraz' agreements
A federal judge has ordered officials to produce agreements showing who has legal authority at “Alligator Alcatraz,” an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades.
Judge demands legal custody records for controversial ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
A federal judge has ordered officials to produce agreements showing which government agency or private contractor has legal authority to hold people at the immigration detention facility in the Everglades that has become known as “Alligator Alcatraz."
Illegal aliens protest 'inhumane' Alligator Alcatraz with hunger strike · American Wire News
The detainees being held in Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” have officially entered the hunger strike phase. Complaining about the conditions within the facility, detainees have been voluntarily refusing to eat for more than two weeks. One man, Pedro Hernández, has been hospitalized during this time but is still refusing food, which has his wife concerned. “My husband was in prison. We make mistakes, but we learn from them and fix things,” Daimar…
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