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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.

PolitiFact · 1d

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.

WLRN · 1h

PolitiFact FL: It's not just the ‘worst of the worst’ criminals in Alligator Alcatraz, as officials said

Some people detained at the facility have violent criminal histories. 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.

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TIME on MSN · 1d

The Dark History That Predates Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.

Opinion

HuffPost on MSN · 10d

We Need To Stop Calling It 'Alligator Alcatraz' — That's Exactly What Trump Wants

"No, we’re not calling it Alligator Alcatraz. It’s a Florida concentration camp," one prominent copy editor said.

The New Yorker · 19h

The Shame of “Alligator Alcatraz”

Plus: Earlier this month, a detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” which can house up to three thousand migrants, opened in the Florida Everglades. I called Jonathan Blitzer, a staff writer who has written extensively about Trump’s border policies,

Catch up on Alligator Alcatraz with these five takeaways

These articles share insights into Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in Florida. The takeaways focus on construction, politics and the controversial location. See the stories below.

FOX 35 Orlando on MSN1d

'Alligator Alcatraz': ACLU sues Trump administration, claiming detention site violates rights

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has officially filed a class-action lawsuit against President Donald Trump's ...

The Mirror US on MSN8d

Donald Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz' hit with disgusting new problem days after launch

The first reports from the Florida facility have emerged, with migrants detailing disgusting conditions including no showers, ...

Latin Times on MSN4d

Only 1 in 3 Detainees in 'Alligator Alcatraz' Have Criminal Record Despite Trump's Claims That It Holds 'The Most Menacing Migrants'

Records reviewed by the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times show that just one in every three detainees at the detention center ...

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Will Trump tour 'Alligator Alcatraz,' proposed ICE detention center? List of his past Florida visits

DeSantis is moving fast on ICE detention center "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida. Trump ramped up efforts to deport ...

Inquisitr on MSN17d

Donald Trump to Unveil Alligator Alcatraz — Immigrants’ Worst Nightmare, Guarded by Alligators and Pythons

President Donald Trump is set to visit Florida’s upcoming controversial immigration detention facility on Tuesday. Nicknamed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, the facility is located at the Dade-Collier Training ...

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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ showcases Donald Trump’s penchant for visual cruelty

Alligator Alcatraz’ is visual policy aimed to stage terror as a message while making Donald Trump’s authoritarian and fascist ...

1don MSNOpinion

Is Alligator Alcatraz a concentration camp? Tell us what you think in our poll. | Opinion

Is Florida's Alligator Alcatraz nothing more than an American concentration camp? Share your views in this Post poll.

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