Press Releases

New Lawsuit Challenges Florida’s Authority to Detain People at Notorious ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center

Facility represents a first-ever and unlawful use of 287(g) agreements to create a state-run immigration jail
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Justice

Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuit Seeking Justice for Woman Abused at a Florida Immigration Detention Center

The lawsuit details the sexual harassment and physical abuse she endured while held in immigration detention in Baker County
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Justice

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Florida’s Request to Enforce Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Law

The Supreme Court maintained a lower court’s block of Florida’s discriminatory law targeting immigrants for arrest and detention, further extending an unbroken string of defeats for this type of law
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Justice