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How Hundreds of Immigrants Disappeared from Alligator Alcatraz and Why ICE Can Get Away With It

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Sep 26, 2025
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In the summer of 2025, hundreds of immigrants were bused to a newly constructed detention facility deep in the Florida Everglades. It was nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz”, a moniker that once sounded hyperbolic, until it became horrifyingly accurate.

Within just weeks of opening, hundreds of people held at the facility vanished from public government track…

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