Lawmakers to tour 'Alligator Alcatraz
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The narrative is that only violent criminals are being sent to Alligator Alcatraz,” attorney Phillip Arroyo said. “We don’t know why [he was sent there] because he has legal status.”
Florida’s Republican and Democratic state lawmakers have been invited to tour Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday, after multiple Democratic lawmakers were denied entry last week. Florida Democrats say they had already been planning an unannounced oversight visit at the exact same time.
Detainees are telling their families about what it’s like to live in cells inside heavy-duty tents erected on an airstrip in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida.
A Cuban musician who says he's a lawful permanent resident detailed inhumane and unsanitary conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz."
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WPEC CBS 12 on MSNDHS disputes dire conditions at Alligator AlcatrazThe Department of Homeland Security is denying reports of improper living conditions for detainees at Alligator Alcatraz.
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More questions arise over how Florida’s newest immigration detention center is being funded by the Trump administration.
New reports from detainees and their families at Florida's newly opened migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," describe troubling conditions inside the facility