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‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know about Florida’s new controversial migrant detention facility

Deep in the marshy wetlands of the Florida Everglades – less than 50 miles west of President Donald Trump’s Doral resort in Miami – sits the latest battleground in his administration’s immigration enforcement efforts: A detention facility dubbed,

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Sen. Cornyn wants to bring controversial 'Alligator Alcatraz' facility to Texas

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is calling for Texas to build a detention center modeled after Florida's already infamous "Alligator Alcatraz" facility-a controversial detention center that has received widespread backlash for its alleged inhumane conditions.

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"Alligator Alcatraz" controversy comes to Texas as Cornyn backs new facility

Texas Senator John Cornyn has expressed support for creating an "Alligator Alcatraz-like" immigrant detention facility in Texas, modeled after a controversial Florida facility, while the Department of Homeland Security seeks other states to expand detention capacity amid allegations of inhumane conditions at the existing site.

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FEMA grants set to give $600M to states to build more migrant detention centers like Alligator Alcatraz

States can apply for federal funds to make their own replicas of the controversial Alligator Alcatraz facility amid Trump's ...

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A look at the controversy around ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center

This weekend, lawmakers got their first look inside “Alligator Alcatraz,” the makeshift immigration detention center in the ...

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Gov. DeSantis says 100 detainees have been flown out of Alligator Alcatraz

The first deportation flights out of Alligator Alcatraz have begun, with about 100 detainees being removed from the country ...

Florida: official sparks controversy among ex-partners of undocumented immigrants, and the Alligator Alcatraz conflict grows

James Uthmeier is Florida's Attorney General and has deepened the controversy surrounding Donald Trump's immigration policies. He publicly invited ex-partners ...

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'They chained me to the ground': Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishment by guards

While the new Everglades migrant detention center fends off complaints about its living conditions, some detainees claim ...

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Miami archbishop joins Knights on Bikes to pray for clergy access to Alligator Alcatraz

Catholic priests have been barred from providing religious services inside Florida's new migrant detention facility — dubbed ...

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