Overview

• Since opening on July 3, the tent-based facility has processed and deported more than 100 detainees under an aggressive removal schedule.
• Civil rights lawyers filed a suit seeking a restraining order, arguing that detainees are held without charges, prevented from meeting counsel and denied bond hearings.
• The state has added video-conference rooms and allowed some in-person legal visits, but attorneys say access remains limited and monitored calls hinder confidentiality.
• Environmental and tribal groups have sued to halt construction, alleging violations of state and federal environmental laws and improper use of protected wetlands without review.
• Built in eight days under emergency powers on a repurposed Everglades airstrip, the center holds 1,000 beds with plans to expand to 4,000 at an estimated cost of $245 per bed per day.