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Florida Asks Federal Appeals Court to Keep Operating “Alligator Alcatraz”

HeadlineAug 27, 2025
Image Credit: Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has asked a federal appeals court to put on hold a judge’s ruling last week that could force the closure of a new immigration jail in the Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The judge had ordered the Trump administration to stop transferring immigrants to the jail. Meanwhile, weekly vigils are continuing to be held outside the immigration jail to protest what organizers have described as the inhumane treatment of people detained inside.

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