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Is ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ‘Vile’ Or ‘Professional’? What Critics And Backers Say About Detainment Facility
Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could ...
Which states could get their own ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant camps?
Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion ...
Alligator Alcatraz: The American stain in the swamp
It seems that we’ve entered into the concentration camp era of President Donald Trump’s second term. To some, that might ...
Catch up on Alligator Alcatraz with these five takeaways
These articles share insights into Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in Florida. The takeaways focus on construction, politics and the controversial location. See the stories below.
Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
Florida is fronting the $450M cost of Alligator Alcatraz – a legal scholar explains what we still don’t know about the detainees
The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a ...
Want to catch up on Alligator Alcatraz’s impact? Here are seven takeaways
The seven articles below about Alligator Alcatraz focus on conditions, motivations, and controversies surrounding the Everglades detention facility. Catch up with the coverage below.
Reason5d
The Original Alcatraz Closed for Costing Too Much. Alligator Alcatraz Should Too.
The newest state-run immigration detention center, Alligator Alcatraz, the brain-child of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, has been touted as an "efficient" and "low-cost opportunity" to ...
Origins of Alligator Alcatraz: Who dreamed up the Jetport? | Opinion
The concept, a product of the go-go 1960's, was killed by an unlikely environmental pioneer, President Richard Nixon ...
Mother Jones13d
We Asked Trump’s Former Prisons Chief How $45 Billion Will Reshape Immigrant Detention
The massive piece of legislation to which President Donald Trump has just attached his legacy allocates $170 billion for ...
The State17d
Alligator Alcatraz: Florida lawmakers raise concerns about minors | The ...
A check point at Alligator Alcatraz as Florida State Representatives denied entry. The facility is within the Florida Everglades, 36 miles west of the central business district of Miami, in ...