ICE empties ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ amid hurricane season. Activists aren’t buying it.

By: Liv Caputo

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: June 17, 2026

Words: 466

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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Federal immigration authorities say they’ve emptied the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” lockup amid hurricane fears, transferring detainees to other facilities. But advocacy groups suing the state aren’t buying their explanation.

“They built it and filled it with people during the hurricane season last year, so that makes no sense,” attorney Paul Schwiep, representing the Friends of the Everglades in a year-long bid to shutter the remote center, said during a Zoom press conference Wednesday.

“How stupid …

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