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Lawmakers were stopped from entering Alligator Alcatraz. That may violate Florida law
Reality Check is a Herald series holding those in power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion ...
Republican donors and Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ so quickly
Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator ...
‘It’s fascism’: Critics slam Trump after tour of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
President Donald Trump promoted a migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" on Tuesday, which led to a wave of ...
Here are the contractors who helped build Alligator Alcatraz
TALLAHASSEE — Among at least 10 state contractors involved in the creation of Alligator Alcatraz, the facility in the middle ...
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 ...
Trump tours Florida immigration lockup and jokes about escapees having to run from alligators
President Donald Trump on Tuesday toured a new immigration detention center surrounded by alligator-filled swamps in the ...
Trump admin shares meme of ICE alligators outside Florida prison
The image depicted the security of "Alligator Alcatraz," which has become a flashpoint in the immigration debate.
Selling “Alligator Alcatraz” Prison Merchandise Is a Deranged New Low for the GOP
President Trump visited Florida on Tuesday to tour what's been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” a controversial migrant detention ...