They had a 15 year old kid at Alligator Alcatraz. Since moved. [View all]

I looked in LBN GD and Greatest to see if this had been posted.


A 15-year-old boy with no criminal history ended up at Alligator Alcatraz after rush to fill facility

Authorities detained a 15-year-old boy without a criminal record at Alligator Alcatraz amid the haste to fill up the Florida facility, according to reports.

As the state scrambled to open the controversial detention center, Alexis, the teenager, seems to have been caught up in the mix. On July 1, three days before the facility officially opened, Florida Highway Patrol stopped a vehicle packed with Alexis and his friends before handing him over to federal authorities, the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times first reported.

The Florida Division of Emergency Management, which oversees the facility, admitted he had been detained, explaining he lied about his age when officers stopped him.

“While at Alligator Alcatraz, an individual disclosed they had misrepresented their age upon arrest to ICE. Immediate action was taken to separate and remove the detainee in accordance with federal protocols,” a spokesperson for the division told The Independent in a statement. “This is one of many problems with illegal immigration: individuals are in our country without any way to verify their identity.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alligator-alcatraz-teenager-criminal-history-detention-b2791927.html