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Florida lawmakers describe Alligator Alcatraz conditions

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Florida lawmakers tour ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ leave with more questions than answers
Democrats said temperatures inside measured in the low 80s and they saw detainees in bunk beds with dozens per room who received meals that were significantly smaller than those prepared for employee...

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Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages
Inside Florida's Alligator Alcatraz: What we know about the immigrant detention center
Republicans and Democrats visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for the first time. Here’s what they saw.
Democrats on Saturday called for the closure of “Alligator Alcatraz” after touring the controversial pop-up tent immigration detention center that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis quickly assembled in the E...

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Here’s what lawmakers saw on Alligator Alcatraz tour
Florida Democrats describe ‘appalling’ conditions after Alligator Alcatraz tour; Republicans say it’s ‘very well run’
Before it was Alligator Alcatraz, this airstrip sparked fury and changed America’s landscape
The ensuing battle over the jetport, which eventually drew in then-President Richard Nixon’s administration, was the catalyst for creating Big Cypress National Preserve, and helped shape the environm...

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Want to know more about Alligator Alcatraz? See what people are saying
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COMMENTARY: We are better than 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Florida House Speaker Danny Perez talks budget battles in legislative session, concerns over Alligator Alcatraz
Cuban reggaeton artist Leamsy La Figura, arrested last week in Miami-Dade on assault charges, was transferred to South Florida's new immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades, the singer confirmed in a phone call.
Florida officials reveal criminal backgrounds of migrants held at 'Alligator Alcatraz'
The Florida Attorney General's office revealed serious criminal backgrounds of detainees at Alligator Alcatraz facility, including MS-13 gang activity.
Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz discusses President Trump's new spending bill, Alligator Alcatraz
Rep. Wasserman Schultz shared how President Trump's spending bill will affect the everyday working families, and her opinion on her upcoming tour of Alligator Alcatraz.
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 detention center in the Everglades, and found that many have no criminal convictions or pending criminal charges.
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 located in the Everglades.
Florida AG rips AOC 'communist caucus,' teasing more detention sites to follow 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., and others for supporting ICE protests against the Trump administration's mass deportation plans.
Does Alligator Alcatraz have ‘zero impact’ on Everglades? | Fact check
PolitiFact | Gov. Ron DeSantis did not provide evidence showing how state agencies or officials determined the facility has zero environmental impact.
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