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Critics have an even more controversial nickname for ICE’s Everglades detention facility: ‘Alligator Auschwitz’
The disparaging, historically loaded nickname for the facility popped up on Bluesky, X and other social media platforms, and ...
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Alligator Alcatraz detainees allege inhumane conditions at immigration detention center
Cuban reggaeton artist Leamsy La Figura, arrested last week in Miami-Dade, is now being held at the Alligator Alcatraz ...
FDEM pushes back against claims about Alligator Alcatraz
Leaders of Florida’s controversial new immigration detention center, Alligator Alcatraz, are pushing back against democratic ...
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 ...
Environmental groups say feds ‘cannot shirk’ law by distancing from Alligator Alcatraz
Environmental groups are pushing back against Trump administration arguments seeking to distance the federal government from ...
People are boycotting Etsy over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ merch
Buyers and sellers on Etsy are protesting the platform until merch celebrating the Trump administration's Florida detention ...
Nancy Mace has 'swamp and a dream,' praises Alligator Alcatraz, says SC 'gators are ready'
"South Carolina's gators are ready. And they're not big on paperwork. If I was Governor, we'd be bringing Alligator Alcatraz" ...
Immigration inmates already moved from Orange County jail to Alligator Alcatraz, state lawmakers say
Several inmates with ICE detainers at the Orange County Jail have already been transported to the controversial new Alligator Alcatraz detention facility in the Florida Everglades, two Democratic ...