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'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees held without charges, barred from legal access: Attorneys

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Lawyers for "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees say their clients have been barred from meeting attorneys at the immigration detention center.

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  1. Townhall

    Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Complain While Refusing to Leave (opens Townhall)

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    Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz claim conditions are torturous despite options to self-deport.

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees held without charges, barred from legal access: Attorneys (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    Lawyers for "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees say their clients have been barred from meeting attorneys at the immigration detention center.

  3. NBC News

    'Alligator Alcatraz' immigrant detainees are held without charges and barred from legal access, lawyers say (opens NBC News)

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    Attorneys say it's an "emergency situation" and said officers are trying to get detainees to sign deportation orders, while Florida argues it's started to facilitate meetings with lawyers.

  4. Winchester Star

    Attorneys: (opens Winchester Star)

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    Lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that “Alligator Alcatraz” detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys. They also say that

  5. Fortune

    Lawyers say 'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees are being held 'incommunicado, with no ability to access the courts' (opens Fortune)

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    "This is an unprecedented and disturbing situation," immigration attorneys wrote in court papers.

  6. WSVN Miami

    Attorneys: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees held without charges, barred from legal access - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    Civil rights lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that “Alligator Alcatraz” detainees have been barred

  7. NBC 6 South Florida

    Immigration court hearings inexplicably canceled for ‘Alligator Alcatraz' detainees (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    Aside from access to detainees, an immigration attorney believes clients’ court hearings are being canceled because they’re detained at “Alligator...

  8. Anchorage Daily News

    ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees are being held without charges and barred from legal access, attorneys say (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Civil rights lawyers argued during a hearing that the detainees’ constitutional rights were being violated and that 100 detainees already had been deported from the Florida detention center.

  9. Los Angeles Times

    'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees held without charges, barred from legal access, attorneys say (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Lawyers who have shown up for bond hearings for the detainees say they have been told that the immigration court doesn't have jurisdiction over their clients.

  10. The Boston Globe

    Attorneys: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees held without charges, barred from legal access (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Lawyers who have shown up for bond hearings for “Alligator Alcatraz” detainees have been told that the immigration court doesn’t have jurisdiction over their clients.

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