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tblue37

(67,204 posts) Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:48 PM Sep 23

More than 1500 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. [View all]

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers canâ€™t find them and theyâ€™ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
— Laura Bassett (@lebassett.bsky.social) 2025-09-23T17:39:33.074Z

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More than 1500 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. [View all] tblue37 Sep 23 OP

You know that cup scam where a marble is moved around under 3 cups so you can't figure out tblue37 Sep 23 #1

That's assuming they're still alive... regnaD kciN Sep 23 #4

Fat alligators? maveric Sep 23 #2

They're dead and this administration will be guilty of genocide kimbutgar Sep 23 #3

If true, a MUCH bigger story for sure. B.See Sep 23 #5

K&R B.See Sep 24 #15

In separate news, the market for "donated" organs in the US jumped and now eclipses the Chinese market. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 23 #6

Yikes! some_of_us_are_sane Sep 23 #8

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For struggle4progress Sep 23 #7

First, Alligator Alcatraz Greg_In_SF Sep 23 #9

Thanks. tblue37 Sep 23 #10

As the article points out, there is a federal database and these people are missing from there too LymphocyteLover Sep 24 #13

The facility is run by Greg_In_SF Sep 24 #14

Is the fl division of emergency management a public document? Marthe48 Friday #20

I'm not sure how it works Greg_In_SF Saturday #22

1800....where the f are they? spanone Sep 23 #11

Horrifying! I do hope there is a non-death camp explanation for this. LymphocyteLover Sep 24 #12

2 options Johnny2X2X Sep 24 #16

Or they sold them Bettie Sep 24 #17

K&R. Because if Trump can disappear these people with nary a whisper, B.See Friday #18

This is anti-Christian in extremis Champp Friday #19

It's potentially WAY more than that. B.See Saturday #21