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Advocates Claim Migrants Held At 'Alligator Alcatraz' Are Being Prevented From Accessing Legal Counsel

Beds are seen inside a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." (Credit: Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit claiming that migrants held at the Florida detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz are being prevented from accessing legal counsel.

EFE added that the suit also claims migrants are not being given due process, and that lawyers can't file legal documents seeking the release of their clients. They added that they have also been prevented from visiting clients at the center or even call them on the phone.

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