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The mysterious disappearance of hundreds of immigrants detained at Alligator Alcatraz (english.elpais.com)
submitted 1 day ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/usa@midwest.social
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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/27693837

Hundreds of people detained at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration processing center west of Miami, Florida, appear to have vanished. They have disappeared from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) online database, and their lawyers and families have been unable to locate them, according to immigrant advocacy groups.

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have they checked the freshly dug pit out the back?

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Have they checked the alligators?

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

"The 'gators are indigenous, we've a whole different plan for them."

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, inside the alligators.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 12 hours ago

Got that ;-) I was just trying to subvert the joke even further.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

They are deleting people from the database to cover their tracks. This truly is a criminal administration.