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<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWE’RE LOOKING FOR RAIN. THAT’S COMING UP IN JUST A BIT. >> IT’S A BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT 5 ICE AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA SAY THEY HAVE MOVED SOME ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ. I SAYS THEY’RE BEING TRANSFERRED FOR HURRICANE SEASON FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY. BUT THE FACILITY OPEN LAST HURRICANE SEASON INMATES WERE NEVER TRANSFERRED. THE GOVERNOR SAYS SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL THERE. THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS REPORTED THAT CONTRACTORS WERE TOLD THAT ALL DETAINEES WOULD BE MOVED OUT THIS MONT\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
ICE moves detainees from Alligator Alcatraz in Florida, citing hurricane season concerns<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 5:38 PM EDT Jun 16, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tA spokesperson with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement said on Tuesday that ICE and the State of Florida are relocating detainees from Alligator Alcatraz to other locations.ICE is citing hurricane season as the reason they are transferring detainees to other facilities.Reports from The New York Times suggested the facility could begin winding down this month. However, the Department of Homeland Security previously told Gulf Coast News, “daily operations at Alligator Alcatraz continue as usual.\u201dGov. Ron DeSantis has repeatedly said the detention center was always intended to be a temporary facility, but he has not directly confirmed a closure date. He also has said the future of the detention center depends on the federal government.DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tCOLLIER COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n A spokesperson with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement said on Tuesday that ICE and the State of Florida are relocating detainees from Alligator Alcatraz to other locations.<\/p>\n ICE is citing hurricane season as the reason they are transferring detainees to other facilities.<\/p>\n Reports from The New York Times<\/a> suggested the facility could begin winding down this month. However, the Department of Homeland Security<\/a> previously told Gulf Coast News, “daily operations at Alligator Alcatraz continue as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a> has repeatedly said the detention center was always intended to be a temporary facility, but he has not directly confirmed a closure date. He also has said the future of the detention center depends on the federal government.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WE’RE LOOKING FOR RAIN. THAT’S COMING UP IN JUST A BIT. >> IT’S A BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3120,49843,20783,36038,104,28,30,29,4329,129260,1877,213,129261,129263,197,129262,221],"class_list":["post-309935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-alligator-alcatraz","tag-customs-enforcement","tag-detainee","tag-detention-center","tag-entertainment","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gulf-coast-news","tag-hurricane-season-concern","tag-ice","tag-late-news","tag-other-facility","tag-other-location","tag-sport","tag-united-states-immigration","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}