US EditionImmigrant Detainee at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Agrees to Leave US, Asks that Lawsuit Be Dismissed
M.A., who suffered health decline while detained, agreed to removal from the U.S. and dismissed his lawsuit challenging unauthorized facility operations, attorneys said.
- On Monday, M.A. asked the federal court in Fort Myers, Florida to dismiss his lawsuit after formally agreeing to be removed and his attorney Spencer Amdur said he will return to Chile soon.
- The suit contended that immigration enforcement is a federal matter and questioned state authority to operate the site, arguing Florida agencies and private contractors lacked authority and detainees vanished from tracking and faced legal access issues.
- M.A.'s court filings say he was hospitalized twice and is now in a wheelchair after entering the United States in 2018, applying for asylum, and having a work permit, Social Security card, and five U.S. citizen stepchildren.
- In separate litigation, detainees seek court orders to protect attorney communications, with ACLU attorneys outlining plans Tuesday for a hearing at the end of the month on a preliminary injunction.
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Independent EspañolBy MIKE SCHNEIDER ORLANDO, Florida, USA (AP) — One of three judicial challenges against the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades concluded when the detained immigrant who filed the lawsuit agreed to leave the United States and will soon be outside the country, his lawyers said. The detainee at the facility, nicknamed “Alcatraz de los caimanes”, requested Monday that his case in the federal court of Fort Myers be dismissed…
‘Alligator Alcatraz' detainee agrees to leave U.S., wants lawsuit dismissed
One of three court challenges to an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades has ended. According to his attorneys, the detainee agreed to be removed from the U.S. and will soon leave the country for Chile. The man, referred to in court documents as M.A., sued, claiming Florida agencies and private contractors had no…
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