Overview

• More than 700 migrants have been held at Alligator Alcatraz since early July under Florida’s state-funded 287(g) arrangement with ICE.
• Attorneys report that a DACA recipient detained for a minor traffic infraction was denied medical care after falling ill following tainted water consumption.
• Friends of detainees describe overcrowded tents, nonstop lighting, overflowing toilets and meals containing insects or maggots.
• Detainees claim guards used racial slurs, issued verbal threats and kept broken phones that hinder legal calls and family contact.
• Florida plans to seek reimbursements from FEMA for an annual operating cost estimated at $450 million at $245 per bed per day.