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'Alligator Alcatraz' will soon shut down

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The immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades that officials have dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" soon will hold no detainees. Last week, a judge ordered Florida and the Trump administration to stop bringing new detainees to the facility and to wind down operations there within 60 days.

Here & Now's Robin Young talks with Associated Press reporter Kate Payne about what happens next.

This segment aired on September 1, 2025.

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