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President Trump has called illegal immigration an 鈥渋nvasion鈥� and what has followed is a huge rise in the arrest and detention of migrants. Some have ended up in 鈥楢lligator Alcatraz鈥� - an immigration detention centre that was speedily constructed in June, deep in the Florida swampland. 鈥楢lligator Alcatraz鈥� is now subject to a number of lawsuits. Immigration attorneys say they have not been granted proper access to clients inside; environmentalists claim the detention centre is harming the protected wetlands that surround it. Within the last few days, a judge has ruled that much of the detention centre must be dismantled and no new migrants taken there. It is a preliminary ruling and the government immediately filed an appeal. Josephine Casserly follows immigration lawyer Mich Gonzalez as he attempts to meet his client inside the detention centre.
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