Deportation from Alligator Alcatraz has started
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Does a viral image really show Hulk Hogan posing in front of caged migrants at "Alligator Alcatraz"? No, that's not true: The image is composed of two different pictures. One showed a Border Patrol facility in Texas in 2019
Questioning the very legality of the state-run detention center, the attorneys said in a legal filing Friday that immigrants held at the site are unable to challenge their detention because there is no federal immigration court overseeing their cases — even though the complex of tents and trailers has been operating for nearly a month.
What they’re trying to do, at the end of the day, is pretend like this facility is not governed by federal law,” said one attorney.
CNN talked to immigrants being detained at the Florida facility and created a 3D model to explore what conditions are like inside. CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez reports.
The creation of President Donald Trump's new migrant detention facility in Florida -- dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" -- has prompted social media users across the world to share an image of a site surrounded by a moat with creatures swimming in it.
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Immigration attorneys have routinely faced access issues with their clients at the facility in the Everglades.
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The Trump administration announced on Friday that it would allocate over $600M in grants to states willing to build migrant detention centers modeled after 'Alligator Alcatraz.'
New aerial footage is showing another view of the new high-security immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades coined "Alligator Alcatraz."