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Crucial Quote<\/h2>\n

Betancourt is \u201cnot the same person he was before they took him in there, and I don\u2019t know if he\u2019ll ever be the same,\u201d Ariane Betancourt told The Guardian about her father\u2019s condition after he was released from Alligator Alcatraz, where she reports he was denied food and insulin for his diabetes and shackled to his bed, while witnessing other detainees allegedly being tortured and pepper sprayed.<\/p>\n

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Surprising Fact<\/h2>\n

While Trump\u2019s motivation for posting about Betancourt remains unclear, it comes as Republicans like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have started distancing themselves from Alligator Alcatraz, The Guardian previously reported. A detention center in the Florida Everglades that\u2019s run by the state government, it was once hailed by DeSantis and the Trump administration as a key way for Florida to help aid the federal government\u2019s immigration crackdown. As reports about the poor conditions at the detention center grew, Florida moved to shutter the facility, and DeSantis has suggested he\u2019s fine with the failure of the detention center he once championed. \u201cIdeally, I wouldn\u2019t want to be involved in this business at all,\u201d DeSantis said at a press conference in May, before commenting at another event, \u201cIf we shut the lights out on it tomorrow, we will be able to say it served its purpose.\u201d Trump and DeSantis are former political rivals for the 2024 presidential nomination and the president once nicknamed the governor \u201cRon DeSanctimonious,\u201d sparking speculation on social media that Trump\u2019s post about Betancourt could be a swipe at DeSantis and way for the president to deflect blame for issues at the facility onto the Florida government.<\/p>\n

Why Was Justo Betancourt Released?<\/h2>\n

Betancourt is a Cuban national who has lived in the U.S. since 1990, with court documents noting that immigration officials placed him on immigration parole in 2020 after he was convicted of crimes including conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. He had long been able to simply check in with the government, but was unexpectedly detained in October when attending a routine check in, and went on to spend four and half months at \u201cAlligator Alcatraz\u201d in addition to other immigration facilities. A federal judge in Florida ultimately ordered his release in May, finding Betancourt had to be released because there was no possibility of him being imminently deported, and the government cannot hold people in immigration detention for more than six months without sufficient evidence to justify it. \u201cThe Government cannot lock individuals in a cell indefinitely as a workaround for a stalled deportation process, nor can it use indefinite detention simply to placate popular opinion,\u201d Judge Kyle C. Dudek wrote. Betancourt will still have to follow the same conditions that he was previously subject to regarding his parole.<\/p>\n

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Further Reading<\/h2>\n

Human cages and overflowing toilets at $1m a day: the brutal legacy of Ron DeSantis\u2019s \u2018Alligator Alcatraz\u2019 jail (The Guardian)<\/p>\n

Relieved daughter of Alligator Alcatraz detainee gets her dad back (Naples Daily News)<\/p>\n

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