Florida lawmakers sue for access to Alligator Alcatraz
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Republican states are considering building versions of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," a detention facility for illegal immigrants that was celebrated by President Donald Trump.
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‘We Did Alligator Alcatraz’: Gov. Ron DeSantis Brags About Prison Camp Event With Kristi Noem During Press ConferenceFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis bragged about his recent tour of 'alligator alcatraz' with President Donald Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem during a recent press conference in Duval County, Florida.
Campaign donors cash in at Alligator Alacatraz as Gov Ron DeSantis uses ’emergency’ declaration to skirt competitive bidding rules for $450 million project
At the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida is quickly constructing a $450 million-a-year immigration detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."
The mocking of immigrant detainees harks back to “the worst parts of our history” when similar jokes and tropes, such as “gator bait,” were used to dehumanize Black people and desensitize people to the harm and violence inflicted upon them, says ACLU Florida Executive Director Bacardi Jackson.
The environmental impacts will be devastating,' the groups wrote to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Ali Velshi calls out Trump and the GOP for celebrating and making money off the dehumanization of immigrants at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz.”
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The occasion was a tour he hosted Tuesday for President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem of what has become known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” a detention camp hastily erected in the Everglades to hold immigration detainees in tents and within chain-link cages.