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Democrat Lawmaker Blasts 'Alligator Alcatraz' as 'Internment Camp'
Florida established the Everglades immigration detention center in an effort to help the Trump administration meet its deportation goals.
Lawmakers visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being blocked
Democratic lawmakers are condemning Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after making a state-arranged visit ...
Miccosukee Tribe moves to join environmental lawsuit against Alligator Alcatraz
The Tribe remains committed to ensuring its traditional lands are not used as a detention facility,” the tribe said in a statement.
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Lawmakers decry 'horrific' conditions at Alligator Alcatraz after not ...
On Saturday afternoon, four Florida representatives, including Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Darren Soto (FL-9), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), along with other ...
Lawmaker says Alligator Alcatraz is an ‘internment camp’ after joint GOP-Dem visit: ‘Packed into cages’
The Florida facility's remote location and its name — a nod to the notorious Alcatraz prison that once housed federal inmates in California — are meant to underscore a message of deterring illegal ...