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Company’s Alligator Alcatraz contracts followed donation to the Florida GOP
Other contractors that are working with Florida for the immigrant detention center have also donated to Republican leaders, ...
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 ...
Detainees describe worms in food, sewage near beds inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Attorneys, advocates, detainees and families are speaking out about what they say are miserable conditions inside Florida's ...
Florida Democrats sue over access to 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center
Amid the controversy, emergency management officials on Wednesday invited state legislators and members of Congress to visit ...
Florida lawmakers who were denied access to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ sue Gov. DeSantis
Five Florida state lawmakers who were denied access to a new immigration detention center in the Everglades are suing Gov.
As the jokes fly, Alligator Alcatraz evokes racist trope of ‘gator bait’
The mocking of immigrant detainees harks back to “the worst parts of our history” when similar jokes and tropes, such as ...
DeSantis administration invites lawmakers for Alligator Alcatraz tour
TALLAHASSEE — The DeSantis administration is inviting Florida’s state legislators and members of Congress to attend a ...
‘Gravely concerned’: Miami-Dade County mayor presses for access to Alligator Alcatraz
Amid allegations of deplorable conditions in Alligator Alcatraz, mayor of Miami-Dade County asks the feds and state ...
Florida lawmakers file lawsuit over denied access to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Five Florida lawmakers have filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis after being denied access to “Alligator Alcatraz.” ...
Lawmakers sue to force DeSantis to grant unannounced Alligator Alcatraz visits
Five Democratic lawmakers turned away from Alligator Alcatraz last week are asking the Florida Supreme Court to force the ...
Red states consider ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ spinoffs as WH urges them to follow DeSantis’ lead: 'Lots of bears'
Republican states are considering building versions of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," a detention facility for illegal ...
Florida lawmakers expected to visit Alligator Alcatraz after weeks of being told "no"
Five state lawmakers were denied entry into the facility on July 3, despite saying Florida law allows them to inspect it without notice. They filed a lawsuit against the Gov. Ron DeSantis and the ...