The complaint details conditions detainees have described at the site, ranging from flooding and having to go days without showering to guards’ excessive use of force

“When you’re brought into Alligator Alcatraz as an illegal alien, the first thing that they do, DHS offers you an ability to take a flight back to your home country at federal expense, so nobody actually has to go to Alligator Alcatraz. The illegals are given the right to simply self-deport, not even at their expense,” DeSantis told Newsmax.

Immigrants’ rights advocates today sued the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process

People held in Florida’s immigrant detention center in the Everglades sued the Trump and DeSantis administrations on Wednesday, demanding access to their attorneys. This class action from the detainees and their attorneys adds to the mounting legal opposition to the detention center,

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has withdrawn a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis now that he has filled a Tallahassee-area judgeship.

T ALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation of Florida has dropped a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis. The organization filed a Writ of Mandamus on July 3 to try and force the governor to appoint a judge to the Second Judicial Circuit Court over the Tallahassee area.

The Republican governor of this southern US state has ramped up pressure on numerous institutions to force them to cooperate with immigration enforcement authorities.