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'Alligator Alcatraz' T-shirts, hats being sold by Florida GOP. What to know about new merch
As Gov. DeSantis rushes "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades, into operation, Florida ...
Where is "Alligator Alcatraz"? Florida migrant camp rises on land once eyed for supersonic jetport
A brief history of the land where Florida officials and the federal government are building "Alligator Alcatraz." ...
Alligator Alcatraz: What we know
Florida officials are considering a plan to build a detention center in the middle of the Everglades. The area is surrounded ...
DHS secretary praises ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as agency expands immigration detention
The facility, located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamp, is just ...
DHS secretary praises Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ plan as agency expands immigration detention
The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” ...
“This is all very dark,” Orlando lawmaker weighs in on anticipated Alligator Alcatraz
Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit aiming to stop construction of the detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” ...
‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Visit to new detention centre shows pleasure some Republicans derive from inflicting cruelty on immigrants
Humiliation of tens of thousands of immigrants in a Florida processing centre surrounded by alligators will generate a ...
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DeSantis says first detainees arriving at 'Alligator Alcatraz' next week
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Friday that a new migrant detention center located deep in the Everglades will begin housing detainees as early as Tuesday.