"The narrative is that only violent criminals are being sent to Alligator Alcatraz," attorney Phillip Arroyo said. "We don't know why [he was sent there] because he has legal status."

Surrounded by the low hum of swamp bugs, Anthony Sleiman pointed his camera to the west. The conservation photographer was more than 15 miles from the state’s newly built immigrant detention center, dubbed Alligator Alcatraz.