Judge rules ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ can stay open but halts construction and bars new detainees

A Miami judge ruled that “Alligator Alcatraz,” a contested migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades, can remain in operation but cannot expand. Construction is halted, and officials must turn away any additional detainees.

Judge rules ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ can stay open but halts construction and bars new detainees

What detainees say about legal rights inside “Alligator Alcatraz”

A federal judge is scrutinizing whether immigrants held at a temporary detention center deep in the Florida Everglades—nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz”—are being denied their legal rights. CBS News correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports that detainees say access to justice inside the facility is far from assured.

What detainees say about legal rights inside “Alligator Alcatraz”