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Ron DeSantis, Alligator Alcatraz

Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades.

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Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said

But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions. President Donald Trump, federal officials and Florida Republicans touted the remote Everglades immigration detention centers — dubbed Alligator Alcatraz — as a place to detain people deemed the "worst of the worst.

Florida Politics · 1d

‘The job is getting done’: Gov. DeSantis shrugs off Alligator Alcatraz criticism

Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a Marco Island event that there won’t be adverse impacts to the Everglades. He’s also not concerned about what Collier County thinks about the quick process to construct the prison for migrants ahead of deportation on the edge of the Everglades at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.

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Lawmakers visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being blocked

Democratic lawmakers are condemning Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after making a state-arranged visit ...

Is ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ‘Vile’ Or ‘Professional’? What Critics And Backers Say About Detainment Facility

Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could ...

Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ This is what he saw

Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.) was among a group of lawmakers given a tour of the controversial immigration detention ...

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The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida wants to join a federal lawsuit against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction and ...

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Kristi Noem says other unnamed states are in the process of building Alligator Alcatraz-style facilities

At least five Republican governors are reportedly considering building large-scale immigration detention centers modeled ...

The Mirror US on MSN7d

Vile Alligator Alcatraz conditions exposed from 'wall to wall humans' to tiny toilets and 'grey food'

A Florida lawmaker has described appalling conditions at the Trump administration’s new "Alligator Alcatraz,” claiming detainees at the immigration detention center are "packed into cages" and offered ...

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Detained immigrants at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say there are worms in food and wastewater on the floor

People held at the brand new Florida immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” say worms ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration eyes Alcatraz reopening to house nation’s ‘worst of the worst’

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island to assess its potential reopening as a federal prison at President Donald Trump's direction.

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