Alligator Alcatraz, Miami Herald
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Gov. Henry McMaster’s office said it was open to a SC “Alligator Alcatraz” after DHS director said several governors expressed interest in such facilities.
A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily barred the Trump administration from redirecting funds intended to support services for migrants in Chicago, Denver, and Pima County, Ariz., after attorneys raised concerns that the money would instead go toward funding the new “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility.
Alligator Alcatraz has triggered pride in the MAGA world, and fury in an unlikely bipartisan mix of South Floridians. Decades ago, bipartisan outrage erupted in a fight over a jetport on the same
Potentially torturous conditions for undocumented immigrants are being celebrated — and even monetized — by the Republican Party.
During an hours-long visit on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and top state and federal officials celebrated the opening of the new Florida-run immigration detention center in the Everglades as a major milestone in a joint mass deportation campaign.
"No, we’re not calling it Alligator Alcatraz. It’s a Florida concentration camp," one prominent copy editor said.
Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia, John Reid, joined the ranks of the other cretins on Fox by downplaying the inhumane conditions at their Alligator Auschwitz.