A federal judge issued a split ruling in a lawsuit challenging the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, dismissing part of the case while sending the remainder to another court.
U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz in Miami ruled on Aug. 18 that detainees’ claims they lacked access to immigration courts were now moot after the Trump administration designated the Krome North Processing Center near Miami to hear their cases.
“After numerous hearings, affidavits, status conferences, and supplemental filings, it has become readily apparent that Plaintiff’s Complaint suffers from two key flaws. For one, Plaintiff’s Fifth Amendment claim has been rendered moot,” Ruiz wrote in a 47-page order, adding that the lawsuit’s “tortured procedural history” had shifted with each filing….