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Lawmakers visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being blocked: ‘This place is a stunt’
Several legislators were appalled at what they saw. Others, like State Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, a Republican from Florida, ...
‘I wouldn’t call them jail cells’: Sec. Kristi Noem describes conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem tells Meet the Press that she will show evidence of what she describes as ...
Do you know someone detained at Alligator Alcatraz? We’d like to hear from you
The Miami Herald has published a list of detainees being held at Alligator Alcatraz, Florida’s makeshift immigration ...
Before it was Alligator Alcatraz, this airstrip sparked fury and changed America’s landscape
Alligator Alcatraz has triggered pride in the MAGA world, and fury in an unlikely bipartisan mix of South Floridians. Decades ...
Inside Florida's Alligator Alcatraz: What we know about the immigrant detention center
How many inmates at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz? How many people in a cell? Where do they eat? Who works there? Is there air ...
Republicans and Democrats visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for the first time. Here’s what they saw.
MIAMI — Democrats on Saturday called for the closure of “Alligator Alcatraz” after touring the controversial pop-up tent ...
Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz': Lawmakers compare detention camp to 'internment camps'
Congressman Maxwell Frost (D-FL) describes what he saw inside Florida’s controversial “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration ...
Five more large-scale detention facilities like ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ coming soon, Noem says
The announcement follows shortly after the opening of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," a new immigrant detention facility ...
Florida Democrats sue over access to 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center
Amid the controversy, emergency management officials on Wednesday invited state legislators and members of Congress to visit ...
Alligator Alcatraz detainees allege inhumane conditions at immigration detention center
Detainees claim they are enduring inhumane conditions, including lack of access to water, inadequate food and denial of ...
Lawmakers visited Alligator Alcatraz. Here’s what they say they saw and learned
Democrats also focused on what they said they learned at the facility: They said officials clarified repeatedly that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is “calling the shots” at the detention ...