Overview

• In a Miami federal court hearing Monday, lawyers filed a motion for a temporary restraining order arguing that Alligator Alcatraz detainees are barred from attorneys and held without any charges
• Immigration attorneys say the court has canceled bond hearings for migrants at the remote Dade-Collier camp, leaving them in legal limbo under unexplained authority
• Detainees, now totaling about 900–1,000, report life-threatening conditions in leaking tents including contaminated water, spoiled food, insect swarms and extreme heat
• Friends of the Everglades and other environmental groups have a separate lawsuit claiming the camp’s rapid construction bypassed required state and federal habitat reviews
• Gov. Ron DeSantis and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defend the facility as a necessary expansion of detention capacity under President Trump’s immigration crackdown