US EditionItalian Lawmakers Demand Release of Nationals Held at Everglades 'Alligator Alcatraz'
FLORIDA, JUL 22 – Florida arrested over 27 migrants under a blocked state law, raising legal conflicts and concerns over conditions at a controversial ICE detention center known as 'Alligator Alcatraz'.
- On July 9, 2025, two Italian nationals were transferred to a Florida detention center nicknamed `Alligator Alcatraz`, which is run by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division.
- DHS said Artese overstayed his visa by 10 years, while DHS noted Costa overstayed his B2 visa by nearly seven years and faced prior arrests, and police reports show Artese was stopped on June 25, 2025 for an outstanding warrant.
- Rosanna Mirabella Costa said her son was brought with `shackles on his feet and shackles on his hands, like a dog` in a recorded phone call, inmates reported unsanitary conditions and inadequate medical care.
- Italian diplomatic officials have sought access from U.S. immigration authorities, while Laura Boldrini pressed Prime Minister Meloni and Foreign Minister Tajani for intervention, posting that `but subjecting them to these brutal conditions is Unacceptable`.
- Amid mounting criticism over the past year, the Italian Foreign Ministry is working through diplomatic channels to ensure consular access and verify wellbeing, efforts to secure reliable contact with the facility to track detainee status.
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An inside look at "Alligator Alcatraz"
In the sweltering Florida Everglades, surrounded by marshland teeming with alligators and accessible only by a narrow, winding road, lies a facility that’s become a flashpoint in the state’s escalating immigration crackdown. Officially designated as a detention center for immigrants — both documented and undocumented — this remote site has earned a notorious nickname: “Alligator Alcatraz.” Critics say the facility’s name fits its grim reality. T…
Detainees held at Alligator Alcatraz describe cage-like units swarmed by mosquitoes
Legal advocates and relatives of immigrant detainees held in Florida's notorious Alligator Alcatraz are demanding the closure of the state-run facility, as allegations of human rights violations there and at other immigration detention centers mount
2.50 meters long, 100 kilos heavy and trustful: A family in Elmenhorst shares their home with a Mississippi alligator – and this has been happening for 43 years.
Activists in Florida call for the immediate shutdown of Alligator Alcatraz
(CBS, KYMA/KECY) - Activists in southern Florida are calling for the immediate shutdown of the immigrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz. Florida nonprofits and medical professionals joined with families of detainees in the Everglades Tuesday, demanding the site be shut down due to the inhumane conditions. One detainee called his wife during the press conference. She said he has a foot fungus due to water on the floor and is often t…
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