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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 Miami – sits the latest battleground in his administration’s immigration enforcement efforts: A detention facility dubbed,

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Washington Monthly · 6d

Alligator Alcatraz: The ICE Detention Center Is a Sin Against Nature

The effort by Trump, DeSantis, and Noem to turn part of the Everglades into a prison for migrants desecrates the famed Florida ecosystem.

NPR · 24d

Florida is moving ahead with 'Alligator Alcatraz,' despite widespread pushback

Florida's attorney general says the migrant detention facility is on track to open in early July, at a little-used airfield in the Everglades. Environmental activists hope they can stop the project.

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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 ...

7don MSNOpinion

The Original Alcatraz Closed for Costing Too Much. Alligator Alcatraz Should Too.

Florida officials should learn from the facility that inspired the state’s newest immigrant detention center, and change ...

2don MSN

Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Reveal Chaotic Conditions

Newsweek spoke with the attorney of a detainee and the friend of another. Both described harrowing conditions at the remote facility.

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Florida’s New ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Prison Almost Makes Me Miss the Days When Pam Bondi Was in Charge

From the Hill: The site, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” could open with soft-sided holding units for hundreds of detainees in the coming days through a partnership where the federal government will ...

4don MSN

'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 ...

3dOpinion

Alligator Alcatraz is psychological terrorism

The Trump administration created a mosquito-plagued gulag where prisoners’ forbearance is tested. Many things are wrong with ...

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Resource Panic and Alligator Alcatraz

“Alligator Alcatraz,” the public moniker for an abandoned airport in the Florida Everglades that has been turned into an ...

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