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Deportation flights from Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center have begun, DeSantis says
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says deportation flights from the remote Everglades immigration lockup known as Alligator Alcatraz ...
Florida House Speaker Danny Perez talks budget battles in legislative session, concerns over Alligator Alcatraz
Cuban reggaeton artist Leamsy La Figura, arrested last week in Miami-Dade on assault charges, was transferred to South ...
Is Alligator Alcatraz full of waste, fraud and abuse? If only we had an agency looking into such things | Opinion
In Florida, price of immigration "emergency" includes $12,000 plane tickets to Martha's Vineyard and $400-a-night beds at ...
Leaked Documents Show 'Alligator Alcatraz' Could Cost Over $600 Million
More questions arise over how Florida’s newest immigration detention center is being funded by the Trump administration.
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“Alligator Alcatraz” & the Florida Government’s Budget Cuts Act Against Tampa Bay Communities
On MidPoint, Shelley brings you current Florida news and public affairs with a local perspective, and with a definite ...
Which states could get their own ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant camps?
Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion ...
Congressional Democrats seek to defund Alligator Alcatraz. ‘No cages in the Everglades.’
Democratic members of the Florida congressional delegation want to stop federal money from flowing to what they described as ...
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Alligator Alcatraz in Florida: what to know
Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in Big Cypress National Preserve, has opened with a capacity of 3,000 and potential for 5,000 detainees. Security measures include barbed wire ...
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Trump Bizarrely Rambles About Florida Instead of Answering Question
During a press conference at the ICE facility in the middle of the Florida Everglades, the president was asked whether there was an “expected time frame” that detainees would be kept at the hastily ...