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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 · 9h

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.

The New York Times · 2h

Trump’s Plan to Reopen Alcatraz Appears to Move Forward With Officials’ Visit

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the site on Thursday to study whether reopening it as a federal prison could work.

The New Yorker2h

The Shame of “Alligator Alcatraz”

P.S. Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a Holocaust survivor who played cello in the Auschwitz women’s orchestra, turns a hundred today.

2don MSN

Republican lawmaker challenges Democrats' characterization of 'Alligator Alcatraz' after touring facility

Florida Rep. Maria Salazar defends 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center as meeting the 'highest standards' after a tour, ...

The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center

Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of ...

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What is Alligator Alcatraz? Here are the details on the new detention facility

Trump celebrates Alligator Alcatraz grand opening, as immigration officials continue the search for escaped detainees from ...

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‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know about Florida’s new controversial migrant detention facility

Deep in the marshy wetlands of the Florida Everglades – less than 50 miles west of President Donald Trump’s Doral resort in ...

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'Alligator Alcatraz' Detainees Say in New Lawsuit They're Being Denied Access to Their Attorneys

The lawsuit says attorneys have been repeatedly turned away from the detention camp and had virtual meetings mysteriously ...

Standards for ICE detention centers like Alligator Alcatraz are not consistently applied

“In most respects, ICE facilities operate with less consistent oversight and legal accountability than state or federal ...

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Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz': The new migrant detention facility erected at an abandoned Everglades airport

President Donald Trump visits "Alligator Alcatraz," a new detention facility in the Florida Everglades surrounded by alligators and pythons, set to house up to 5,000 migrants.

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Florida tribe fights new 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant facility near Everglades homes

Florida's Miccosukee tribe challenges new Everglades detention facility over environmental and safety concerns, as Trump ...

Courthouse News Service4h

Immigration advocates say ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ blocks legal access for migrants

Attorneys say armed guards, insufficient phone accessibility and “abysmal conditions” violate the due process rights of those held in the Everglades immigrant detention center.

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