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




