All ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees transferred ahead of hurricane season: DHS

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is removing detainees from “Alligator Alcatraz” in preparation for hurricane season.

A statement from the department did not say how many detainees were transferred or where they were relocated.

“As we enter into hurricane season, ICE and the state of Florida have moved illegal aliens from the soft sided facility. For the safety of the illegal alien detainees, we transferred them to other facilities,” an agency spokesperson said in a statement.

Built on an old airstrip in the middle of the Everglades, the facility has faced a barrage of lawsuits as well as reports of cruel conditions in a facility where cells were made with chain-link fences.

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