Ron DeSantis, Alligator Alcatraz
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The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction and operation of a new immigration detention facility in the Everglades, which tribal members consider their sacred ancestral homelands.
Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could be the template for other facilities in other states.
At least five Republican governors are reportedly considering building large-scale immigration detention centers modeled after Florida’s
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People held at the brand new Florida immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” say worms turn up in the food, toilets don’t flush and floors flood with fecal waste.
The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.
Democratic lawmakers are condemning Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after making a state-arranged visit.
More than a week after state legislators were denied access to Alligator Alcatraz, federal and state lawmakers were finally given a supervised tour of the controversial facility used to house suspected undocumented immigrants.
Numerous accounts of lack of showers, overflowing toilets, and inability to meet with lawyers are emerging from the detention center in the middle of the Everglades.
Five Florida state lawmakers who were denied access to a new immigration detention center in the Everglades are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis.