In the lawsuit filed by a number of those held at the camp and advocacy groups for immigrants, the plaintiffs claimed those held at the camp did not have an assigned immigration court of jurisdiction.

Judge Rodolfo Ruiz heard arguments over a proposed preliminary injunction brought by lawyers representing detained immigrants at the Florida facility.

After a hearing in federal court on Monday in Downtown Miami, civil rights attorneys said there was more clarity about the migrant detainees’ legal recourse while held in Alligator Alcatraz, in the ...

The hearing addressed issues including allegations that detainees at the facility lack the ability to meet privately with ...