US ICE says detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center are relocated

By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON, June ‌18 (Reuters) - Detainees ​at ​Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center have been relocated to other facilities, the U.S. Immigration and Customs ‌Enforcement agency said on Thursday, citing the arrival ⁠of the hurricane season.

Here are some details:

• "As we enter into hurricane season, ‌ICE and the state ‌of Florida have moved illegal aliens from the soft sided facility," an ICE spokesperson said in an email.

• Florida's ​top emergency management official, Kevin Guthrie, said the detention center as such remained open but was "always designed ⁠to be temporary."

• Guthrie said he had not seen ICE's statement before it was ​reported by the press.

• ICE had held an average of about 1,400 detainees at the ​facility from October 1, 2025, through ‌early April of this year, according to statistics from the agency.

• The New York Times ⁠reported in May that Florida intended to shut down the controversial federal migrant detention center.

• ICE, which is part of the ⁠Department of Homeland Security, has been at the heart of President Donald ​Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown that has been condemned by rights groups as violating free speech and due process rights.

• Rights groups say ‌the crackdown has created an unsafe environment, particularly for ethnic minorities, and led to concerns ‌of racial profiling.

• Trump and Republican advocates of the crackdown, ⁠including Florida Governor Ron ‌DeSantis, say it aims ​to curb illegal immigration and improve domestic security.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Stephen ‌Coates)

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