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DeSantis and Trump to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Everglades on opening day Tuesday
The detention immigration facility is located in an idle airstrip in the Everglades that the DeSantis administration recently ...
Workers install ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ sign outside new immigration detention center in the Everglades
A video shared with the Associated Press overnight on Wednesday shows Florida workers installing a new sign labeled ...
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Alligator Alcatraz in Florida Everglades: What's the gator population? - Naples Daily News
Alligator Alcatraz, the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, had a special visitor Tuesday, July 1 − President Donald Trump. It marked the first visit back to the Sunshine ...
Republican donors, Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ quickly
The first detainees arrived July 3 at the facility, which will cost $450 million to operate and consists of tents and ...
First of 3,000 immigration detainees arrive at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Everglades
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis says the facility will have a capacity of about 3,000 detainees when fully operational.
Merch, jokes and memes: Trump officials, supporters love the name Alligator Alcatraz
Alligator Alcatraz,” the immigrant detention facility that opened Tuesday in the Florida Everglades, has become a rich source ...
Despite promises of FEMA funds, Florida has so far received no federal money for 'Alligator Alcatraz'
In a new court filing, the Department of Homeland Security says that so far, Florida has not even applied for any federal ...
Everglades Alcatraz rose without a review or citizen input. Nonprofits are fighting back
Truck traffic, blazing lights, sewage: 55 years later, Alligator Alcatraz steamrolls Marjory Stoneman Douglas-led effort to ...