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Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is a ‘model’ for other states, retired ICE special agent says
Retired ICE special agent Victor Avila weighs in on the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown during an ...
Florida plan to deputize National Guard officers as immigration judges at Alligator Alcatraz would likely violate constitutional rights
Neither President Donald Trump nor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can legally create a new system of immigration judges outside of ...
Florida’s disaster pipeline funnels millions to politically connected contractors
The state’s emergency rules allow Gov. Ron DeSantis to suspend state laws and a competitive bidding process to award millions ...
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Nonprofit sues US government over construction of new 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility: 'America's worst idea'
"History is repeating itself." Nonprofit sues US government over construction of new 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility: ...
'I saw myself in those cages': Fl. Dem. Rep. recounts visit to Alligator Alcatraz
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fl.) talks with Rachel Maddow about his visit to inspect Donald Trump's immigrant internment camp in ...
Puerto Rico ACLU denounces transfer of immigrant detainees to 'Alligator Alcatraz'
The group has received reports this week that detainees from the island have been sent to the Florida facility and allege ...
Alligator Alcatraz Is a 'Huge Step Backward,' Native Tribal Leader Warns
A tribal leader told Newsweek that he and members in the Big Cypress National Preserve of Florida, which is adjacent to the ...
County officials say they were blindsided by DeSantis administration plans for Alligator Alcatraz
Gov. DeSantis' administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center built in the ...