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Contractors building Alligator Alcatraz have donated money to Florida GOP, DeSantis
The companies and their married chief executives, Carlos Duart and Tina Vidal-Duart, have given a total of $1.9 million to ...
Detainees to begin arriving at Alligator Alcatraz Wednesday night
The first detainees who will be held at a Florida-run immigration detention center deep in the Everglades are expected to ...
A Dedicated FEMA Fund Will Pay for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Q: Are FEMA funds being used to construct an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades? A: Yes, the immigrant detention ...
Alligator Alcatraz opened Tuesday ready for a hurricane – but not a summer shower
The water seeped into the site - the one that earlier in day the state's top emergency chief had boasted was ready to ...
Florida Native American leaders express concern over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Chairman of the Miccosukee Business Council Talbert Cypress explained why Indigenous Americans and environmental groups are protesting the development of “Alligator Alcatraz.” ...
With Alligator Alcatraz, Florida cements top spot in federal deportation mission
Alligator Alcatraz may have been built in eight days, but Florida’s race to become the top spot for President Donald Trump’s ...
Trump’s visit to a migrant camp called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ stirs dark echoes
The evocative name refers to a detention, processing and deportation camp for undocumented migrants that sprang up in a blink ...