OCHOPEE, Fla. (CBS12) — A man being held at Florida’s controversial Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention facility in the Everglades told CBS News Miami he wants to be deported.
According to our news partners at CBS Miami, Alexis Rodriguez, 59, a Cuban national, was detained last month after reporting for what his family says was a routine appointment at the Miramar immigration office, something he’s done for 25 years.
His wife, Magda Berge, told CBS Miami that Rodriguez appeared at the center on Nov. 5, when officers informed him he would not be returning home, telling him, “You’re going to be detained because we’re going to execute your deportation order.”…