Critics have challenged federal and state officials’ contention that the detention center is just run by the state of Florida. Environmental groups suing to stop further construction and expansion demanded Thursday to see agreements or communications between state and federal officials and to visit the site.

The Alexandria Staging Facility features a detention center on the tarmac and has become President Donald Trump's main hub for deportation flights.

Forty-three people were aboard a deportation flight that took off from Germany for Baghdad on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry confirmed after news emerged of the first such flight since February. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt,

Many of these companies have sordid histories that include alleged sexual abuse and creating harmful living conditions.

James Boasberg, a federal judge, may initiate disciplinary action against the Justice Department in a suit by Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador.