"When searching for people detained there, the ICE locator now says, Call the Florida Department of Corrections for details,' says Luis Sorto of Sanctuary of the South, a network that offers legal services and participated in a lawsuit against the government over restrictions on access to lawyers for detainees at the infamous immigration jail. All of the plaintiffs who were being held at the center were transferred to another location after a new lawsuit was filed in August challenging Florida's authority to detain people there."
"The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which filed the lawsuit, described Alligator Alcatraz as a black hole, noting that some people were missing, effectively off the radar of the immigration system, and their lawyers and families often don't know where they are or how to contact them. Eunice Cho, senior staff attorney at the ACLU's National Prison Project, told EL PAIS that ICE's persistent refusal to promptly update detainee locations is a significant obstacle to effective attorney-client communication,"
"A Miami Herald report indicates that about 800 detainees no longer appeared in ICE's online database as of late August, and another 450 did not have a location, but rather the message: Call ICE for details. A judge ruled in August that the state must dismantle the camp following a lawsuit filed by environmental groups and a local Native American tribe,"
Alligator Alcatraz immigration processing center west of Miami held hundreds of detainees who subsequently vanished from ICE's online tracking system. The ICE online locator directs inquiries to the Florida Department of Corrections, and many detainees show no location or a 'Call ICE for details' message. Lawyers and families have been unable to locate numerous detainees, delaying attorney access and contact. Legal groups filed lawsuits challenging Florida's authority to detain people there and seeking access. Approximately 800 detainees lacked entries and another 450 lacked specific locations as of late August. A judge ordered the camp dismantled after environmental and tribal litigation.
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