"As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald. The Herald had obtained the names from two detainee rosters. Around 800 detainees showed no record on ICE's online database. More than 450 listed no location and only instructed the user to Call ICE for detailsa vague notation that attorneys said could mean that a detainee is still being processed, in the middle of a transfer between two sites or about to be deported."
"Excuse me? They had these people isolated in a prison camp in the middle of the damn Everglades and, somehow, they managed to lose them in transit to God knows where? These people simply don't care enough to run a policy that isn't cruel and stupid. Being cruel and competent is beyond them. Being benign and stupid is beyond them. Their only talent is being cruel and stupid."
"Some Alligator Alcatraz detainees who couldn't be located in the ICE database might have been deportedeven though the internal data obtained by the Herald show the vast majority of detainees didn't have final orders of removal from a judge before entering the facility. Some of those deportations occurred as a result of detainees deciding to abandon their ongoing immigration cases to put an end to their detention at the facility and its harsh conditions, which included being held in chain-link cages in tents with little protection from the elements."
More than 1,800 men were detained at an Everglades facility known as Alligator Alcatraz during July, and by the end of August the whereabouts of roughly two-thirds of them could not be determined from ICE records. Around 800 detainees had no record in ICE's online database, while over 450 entries listed no location and instructed users to "Call ICE for details." Many detainees lacked final removal orders before entering the facility. Some detainees reportedly accepted deportation or abandoned immigration cases to escape harsh conditions that included chain-link cages and tent housing with little protection from the elements.
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