After a federal judge in Miami ordered a lawsuit against the Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention center in the Everglades be heard in another venue , plaintiffs say they're confident they still have an advantage in the case.

U.S. District Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II, who sits in the federal Southern District of Florida, ruled Alligator Alcatraz technically lies inside Collier County and not Miami-Dade.

As a result, Ruiz said the suit alleging unconstitutional practices at Alligator Alcatraz needs to be heard in a federal court in Florida's Middle District.

Ruiz also dismissed as “moot” the plaintiffs’ charge that detainees had no access to immigration courts, because federal officials have now designated the Krome migrant detention center in Miami for that purpose.

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