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Speaking before demonstrators during his second visit to the immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" since July 12, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost delivered sharp criticism of the site,
The answer could play a key role in a legal battle over the facility’s fate. And it has bigger implications, too.
Orlando Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost delivered sharp criticism of the site, describing it as "inhumane" and calling for it to be shut down.
Trump scored a partial win as a judge tossed one claim, but Florida legal battles over detainee rights continue.
A federal judge tossed out part of a lawsuit brought by detainees at the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in the Florida Everglades, handing a partial victory to the Trump administration.
Putting people in tents in the middle of the Everglades is a great tool to make them give up their cases,” said one immigration attorney
Although a federal judge in Miami ordered their case be moved to another Florida district, the ACLU and other plaintiffs suing the controversial migrant detention facility over access to attorneys insist they'll win the litigation - and that they have already been handed "an important victory.
A federal judge in Miami has dismissed part of a lawsuit that claimed detainees were denied access to the legal system at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.