florida alligator alcatraz

Order byBest matchMost fresh

Lawmakers Visit Alligator Alcatraz

Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages

Deep in the hazardous and ecologically fragile Everglades, hundreds of migrants are confined in cages in a makeshift tent detention facility Florida’s Republican governor calls “safe and secure” and Democratic lawmakers call “inhumane.

· 4h

Florida lawmakers tour ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ leave with more questions than answers

· 17h · on MSN

Florida lawmakers visit Alligator Alcatraz for the first time after weeks of being denied entry

· 1d

Detainees describe worms in food, sewage near beds inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Days without a shower or prescription medicine.

· 17h

Republicans and Democrats visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for the first time. Here’s what they saw.

· 18h

Here’s what lawmakers saw on Alligator Alcatraz tour

· 23h

Lawmakers Visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' After Being Blocked

But detainees and their relatives and advocates have told The Associated Press that conditions are awful, with worm-infested food, toilets overflowing onto floors, mosquitoes buzzing around the fenced...

· 6h

Before it was Alligator Alcatraz, this airstrip sparked fury and changed America’s landscape

· 1d

Want to know more about Alligator Alcatraz? See what people are saying

26m

Democrats condemn ‘vile conditions’ at Alligator Alcatraz, Republicans disagree

Democratic lawmakers are condemning Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after making a state-arranged visit. They are describing

48m

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz "Alligator Alcatraz" Inspection: Detainees in "Cages" With Gross Toilets, No Privacy, Bad Food

Florida Democrat Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said her inspection of the "Alligator Alcatraz" facility showed a disgusting toilet and shower situation, no privacy, and bad food for the detainees, while the guards were snacking on "roast chicken and big sausages.

‘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 high-level conditions within the new immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” after Florida Democrats toured the facilities and called the conditions “vile.

4hon MSN

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.

11hon MSN

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.

2don MSN

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.

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.