Overview

• Advocates and reporters say roughly 800 men no longer appeared in ICE’s online database by late August and about 450 showed only the message “Call ICE for details,” out of more than 1,800 detainees held in July.
• Immigrant-rights groups describe the site as a tracking “black hole,” noting ICE lookups have at times directed people to contact Florida corrections and that families and attorneys often cannot locate clients.
• A federal appeals panel stayed a district court order to dismantle the camp, finding it is run and funded by Florida rather than a federal project, though federal environmental obligations could attach if Washington reimburses costs.
• DHS confirmed Florida has applied for FEMA Detention Support Grant reimbursement, a step plaintiffs argue could change the legal posture over environmental review requirements.
• Detainees report harsh conditions and restricted access to counsel, with lawyers alleging pressured voluntary removals and at least one ‘accidental’ deportation to Guatemala, while the camp’s population has dropped and Florida opened a second site known as Deportation Depot.