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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe in Miami and Associated Press

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to be vacated in compliance with court order to shut it

a man holds a sign that reads 'free them' under a sign that reads 'alligator alcatraz'
An activist protests outside an immigration detention facility in Ochopee, Florida, on 22 August. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Florida’s immigration jail known as “Alligator Alcatraz” will probably be empty of detainees within days, a state official has said, indicating compliance with a judge’s order last week that the facility must close.

The Republican governor Ron DeSantis’s administration appealed the order by federal court judge Kathleen Williams that the tented detention camp in the Florida Everglades, which attracted criticism for its harsh conditions, must be dismantled within 60 days.

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