All detainees at "Alligator Alcatraz," a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, have been transferred to other facilities, according to the Department of Homeland Security, citing concerns about the hurricane season.The agency said that all detainees at the facility had been transferred, although it did not specify how many were taken.Some of these detainees will be transferred to "Deportation Depot," another ICE facility in Sanderson, Florida, set up in the northern part of the state.DHS also did not address if the migrants would stay at the new facilities long term or if the transfers were only temporary."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," a DHS spokesperson told Fox News in a statement.GUARDS AT 'ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ' BEAT, PEPPER-SPRAYED DETAINEES, LAWYER SAYSAll detainees at "Alligator Alcatraz" have been transferred to other facilities, DHS said.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)The hurricane season lasts six months, from June through November.
"Alligator Alcatraz" opened on July 3, 2025, just one month after the start of last year's hurricane season, which ended without any storms making landfall in the Sunshine State.Shortly after the migrant transfer announcement, the National Hurricane Center said that the first tropical storm of this year's hurricane season had formed off the Texas coast.The controversial state-run detention center has been hailed by President Donald Trump but criticized by lawyers and human rights groups over its harsh conditions and mistreatment of detainees.Detainees at the facility have reported a lack of access to lawyers and poor physical conditions, including worms in the food, toilets that do not flush, floors flooding with fecal waste and insects everywhere.The controversial state-run detention center has been criticized by lawyers and human rights gro...