Lawmakers to tour 'Alligator Alcatraz
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President Trump recently bragged about the expensive "Alligator Alcatraz" concentration camp he has been building for immigrants in the Everglades swamp of Florida.
"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."
If adopted by the county commission Tuesday, an amended agreement with the federal government would authorize county correctional officers to transport immigration detainees at the request of ICE.
A Cuban musician who says he's a lawful permanent resident detailed inhumane and unsanitary conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz."
Outfront Media took down the digital billboards but started re-airing them after deciding the complaint wasn’t warranted, an immigrant-rights group said.
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New reports from detainees and their families at Florida's newly opened migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," describe troubling conditions inside the facility
Jim Beever spent much of his career reviewing large developments in the Collier County area, which is where the detention center is being built.
Amid allegations of deplorable conditions in Alligator Alcatraz, mayor of Miami-Dade County asks the feds and state government for access to the site.