The first detainees have started arriving at Alligator Alcatraz, Florida’s immigrant detention center in the Everglades. The facility went up on a former airstrip in eight days and will have an initial capacity of 3,000 detainees. Florida’s Republican state Atty. Gen. James Uthmeier, the driving force behind the project, posted on X recently that the center “will be checking in …
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The notorious new “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in the Florida Everglades contains hundreds of detainees with no criminal records or charges, it was disclosed on Sunday, as lawmakers decried “inhumane” conditions inside after touring the facility. Donald Trump has insisted that the remote camp in swamp land populated by pythons and alligators was reserved for immigrants who were “deranged psychopaths” …
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Some Alligator Alcatraz detainees have no criminal record, list shows Tampa Bay Times Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages CNN Lawmakers tour Florida’s new detention center in the Everglades The Washington Post Republicans and Democrats visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for the first time. Here’s what they saw. Politico Florida officials deny accusations of inhumane conditions at Alligator Alcatraz CBS News Source …
Read More »Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns Miami Herald Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages CNN Lawmakers tour Florida’s new detention center in the Everglades The Washington Post Republicans and Democrats visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for the first time. Here’s what they saw. Politico Florida officials deny accusations of inhumane conditions at Alligator Alcatraz CBS News …
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Who’s in Alligator Alcatraz? Search our list of detainees. Tampa Bay Times Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages CNN Republicans and Democrats visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for the first time. Here’s what they saw. Politico Lawmakers decry ‘horrific’ conditions at Alligator Alcatraz after not-so-surprise tour KOMO Florida lawmakers visit Alligator Alcatraz for the first time after weeks of being denied …
Read More »Noem defends conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention facility The Hill Trump officials deflect from “Alligator Alcatraz” scrutiny by pointing fingers at Biden Axios Homeland Security’s Noem says in talks with five Republican-led states to build detention site Reuters Five States in Talks for Detention Centers Like ‘Alligator Alcatraz’—Noem Newsweek Kristi Noem touts Alligator Alcatraz, immigration arrests in Tampa Tampa Bay Times Source link
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OCHOPEE, Fla. — Democratic lawmakers condemned Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after visiting Saturday, describing it as crowded, unsanitary and bug-infested. Republicans on the same tour said they saw nothing of the sort at the remote facility that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The state-arranged tour came after some Democrats were blocked earlier from viewing the 3,000-bed detention center …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Deep in the hazardous and ecologically fragile Everglades, hundreds of migrants are confined in cages in a makeshift tent detention facility Florida’s Republican governor calls “safe and secure” and Democratic lawmakers call “inhumane.” Two days after filing a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for being “unlawfully denied entry” to inspect conditions at the facility dubbed …
Read More »Republicans and Democrats visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for the first time. Here’s what they saw. Politico Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages CNN Miami archbishop slams Everglades migrant detention site known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as ‘unbecoming’ and ‘corrosive’ NBC News Lawmakers decry ‘horrific’ conditions at Alligator Alcatraz after not-so-surprise tour KOMO Florida lawmakers expected to visit Alligator Alcatraz after weeks …
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The concentration camp seems to have been erected largely for the sake of a photoshoot. Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis – eager to rehabilitate his reputation among the Maga right in the wake of his humiliating and disastrous 2024 presidential run – has been among the most eager foot soldiers of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. He has dedicated funding …
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