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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 …

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 …

OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers took a state-arranged tour of the new Everglades immigration detention center on Saturday after some were blocked earlier from viewing the remote facility that officials have dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz.” Democratic and Republican state legislators and members of Congress were heading into the facility Saturday morning. So many politicians turned up that they were …