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People detained at Alligator Alcatraz aren’t showing up in a government locator. Families and attorneys are struggling to find them.
We obtained a list of 750+ names, and are publishing it here:
Claire Healy
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Claire Healy
@clurhealy
Investigative reporter @miamiherald • previously @washingtonpost • editor of @theopenintl • she/her • [email protected] • Signal: chealy.07
- Replying to @clurhealyOfficials said the "worst of the worst," "murderers," gang members, and "rapists" would be sent to the U.S. navy base. One of the men sent to Guantanamo was arrested for biking on the wrong side of the road, before he was placed in ICE custody.
- Biking on the wrong side of the road. Crossing the Rio Grande on foot. Shoplifting at Target. These are some of the arrest records for 178 Venezuelan migrants detained in Guantanamo this month. Others seem to have no record at all. From me & @syraob miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
- UMass Amherst students doing wonderful things (a thread): (go support them)
- For the first time, there are no incarcerated girls in Hawaii. This milestone has been “20 years in the making,” and the result of a systemwide push for trauma-informed care alternatives. My first article for @washingtonpost:
- Officials said Alligator Alcatraz will not hold minors — but a 15 year old was held there for 3 days. The Mexican teen, who has no criminal record, was arrested during a traffic stop in Tampa. w/@anaceballos_
- Replying to @clurhealyBefore being deported to Venezuela, the men started a 5-day hunger strike to protest Guantanamo conditions. “We immigrated for a better life for our families,” said Yoiner Jose Purroy Roldon, 21. “But the truth is that they took many things from us, treating us like criminals.”
- Replying to @clurhealyTrump said the immigration detention facility would be for “vicious” criminals. Officials said that alligators and pythons are waiting for anyone who escapes. But hundreds have no criminal record. Others have traffic violations. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
- Replying to @clurhealyWe interviewed families or attorneys and reviewed legal documents for 18 people. Six seem to have no record, five were only charged with illegal entry. Several were detained in scheduled appointments for those seeking asylum or legal entry. One of the 178 is only 19 years old.
- The Natural History Museum today has 255 brains, just a portion of at least 30,700 human remains. This includes the brains of a Sami woman named Mary Sara, Indigenous Filipinos who died at the 1904 World’s Fair, Black people who died in DC, and others from around the world.
- So far in FY2025, 8 people have died in ICE custody. Half of them have been in Florida. @syraob & I obtained over 150 pages of records and spoke with 9 experts - who said 2 deaths were alarming and questionable. "I'm infuriated," said one psychiatrist.
- Isidro Pérez, 75, was paroled into the US from Cuba in 1966. The mechanic and fisherman raised 7 children. This photo shows officers arresting him on June 5 at a community center. He died on June 26 in ICE custody in Miami. w/@syraob miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
- I'm happy to share that I am starting a new job as a Copy Aide at the @washingtonpost! So excited and grateful for this opportunity.
