Overview

• Alligator Alcatraz has deported at least 100 detainees since removal flights began on July 21 and currently holds roughly 900 to 2,000 migrants
• Civil rights attorneys have filed motions claiming detainees are held without charges, denied counsel, and blocked from bond hearings because no immigration court has clear jurisdiction
• State lawyers report that video-conference rooms and in-person visits now grant some attorney access, but advocates say barriers persist
• U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz set a briefing schedule ending with an August 18 in-person hearing and demanded production of all intergovernmental agreements on the facility
• Environmental groups are separately challenging the center’s rapid build on protected Everglades wetlands and argued July 30 that the case was filed in the wrong federal venue