Doesn't seem the punishment fits the crime. A 1 way plane ticket would have sufficed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/families-italian-nationals-held-alligator-221505985.html
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QuoteArtese was stopped on June 25 while driving with his family in a camper van. He had the intention of leaving the US and driving to Argentina. The family had planned to document the journey on a YouTube channel called "Argentinomades" according to Carla Artese, who is planning to start university in Spain, where she was born, in the fall.
But her father was stopped during a routine traffic stop and officers found an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court for a driving violation, Carla Artese said. He was then detained and sent to "Alligator Alcatraz" a week later.
DHS said Artese overstayed his visa by 10 years. "He entered the US (on) the Visa Waiver Program on February 8, 2015, and was authorized to remain in the country until May 7, 2015. On June 26, 2025, Martin County Sheriff's Office arrested Artese for having an outstanding warrant relating for failure to appear in court for a criminal offense," McLaughlin said in the statement.
"This year, we were trying to leave the USA, and ICE got him and sent him to Alligator Alcatraz, where they treat them like criminals and have no rights," Carla Artese wrote on a fundraising page. "They haven't given him any information about his case or any right to an attorney. Not to mention, they haven't added him to the system yet, so he doesn't even appear like an inmate anywhere. He wants to self-deport when they let him, which he also would have to pay for the ticket."
The money raised is for an attorney to help free her father.
"He is a loving husband and dad. He has provided for all of us since day one. He is a father figure to me and many of my friends. He is a hard worker who only wanted to leave the country with his family after paying taxes and working hard the whole time he's been here!"
Artese described "Alligator Alcatraz" as "a concentration camp" in an interview earlier this month with the Tampa Bay Times. "They treat us like criminals, it's a pursuit of humiliation. We're all workers and people fighting for our families."
They should've made him an offer he couldn't refuse.