Political Response to Alcatraz

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Florida backs ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ site, says Everglades lawsuit filed in wrong district

Florida officials argue a lawsuit over the Everglades detention center was filed in the wrong court, as environmental groups seek to halt expansion.

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Florida signs $245 million in contracts for 'Alligator Alcatraz.' Here's a look by the numbers

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Environmentalists' lawsuit to halt 'Alligator Alcatraz' filed in wrong court, Florida official says

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Mexico's Sheinbaum says 14 Mexicans held in "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday that 14 Mexican nationals were being held at the U.S. "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center and that her government was seeking their repatriation.

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Etsy faces user boycott over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ branded products

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How Florida’s Plan for Immigration Judges at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ May Violate Constitutional Rights

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Families of Italian nationals held in Alligator Alcatraz plead for their release

The US Department of Homeland Security confirmed both men were detained in the makeshift facility in the Florida Everglades.

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Another ‘Alligator Alcatraz' detainee describes ‘torturous' conditions

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

One article describes conditions with detainees reporting issues like plumbing failures, temperature extremes and large insects inside the facility. Another highlights Gov. Ron DeSantis' use of emergency powers to expedite construction, drawing parallels to previous emergency responses.

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Lawmaker says Alligator Alcatraz is an ‘internment camp’ after joint GOP-Dem visit: ‘Packed into cages’

Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who represents Florida's 25th congressional district, said that pictures of the facility ‘don’t do it justice’

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Trump’s call to reopen Alcatraz faces ‘daunting’ challenges - MSN

President Trump’s idea to reopen Alcatraz as a functioning prison is a reflection of his political instincts and personal tastes, even as it is a long shot to come to fruition. Alcatraz, the ...

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Contracts Show Millions of Dollars and Diverted Disaster Resources Were Used to Build DeSantis’ ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The camp was first announced by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who is DeSantis’ former chief of staff and was manager of the governor’s unsuccessful 2024 presidential campaign, late last month.

Jacksonville company with $78.5 million Alligator Alcatraz contract tied to DeSantis donor

Action News Jax has learned the Jacksonville-based company contracted to staff Alligator Alcatraz has ties to a donor of Governor Ron DeSantis. CRS took down its leadership page sometime after May 13th,

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Republican donors and Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ so quickly

Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator Alcatraz."

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'Alligator Alcatraz' Unpopular Among Americans—Poll

Americans aren't on board with the Everglades detention center, according to a new YouGov poll released Thursday.

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Kristi Noem Turns Tables After NBC Host Echoes Dems’ Freakout Over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem turned the tables on NBC host Kristen Welker on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” by citing Biden-era detention facility conditions in response to questions about Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” facility.

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Lawmakers blast possibility children could be sent to Alligator Alcatraz

Florida Democratic lawmakers are traveling to inspect the site as they bristle over the idea of children detained.

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Feds push back in Alligator Alcatraz detention center suit; First detainees confirmed at site

The Trump administration Thursday argued a federal judge should deny a request to block operation of a detention center in the Everglades for undocumented immigrants, saying Florida has been responsible for the project dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz.

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Trump says he’s going to reopen Alcatraz prison. Doing so would be ...

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that ...