Even as Florida moves detainees from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, activists fight for its permanent closure (opens in new tab)

Groups cite detainee maltreatment and degradation of surrounding land as reasons to close facility permanentlyAn alliance of environmental groups has welcomed reports that detainees have been The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement late on Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and authorities in Florida “have moved illegal aliens from the soft sided facility [and] transferred them to other facilities” for their safety, citing this month’s beginning of th...