Alcatraz, Florida
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One week after the first detainees began arriving at the Florida-run detention center for migrants in the Everglades, Katie Blankenship, a Miami immigration attorney, showed up at the gates of Alligator Alcatraz with a list of five names and a demand: Let me in to see them.
The tribe argues it is uniquely affected through federal and state laws establishing the surrounding Big Cypress National Preserve as its homeland.
Rep. Wasserman Schultz shared how President Trump's spending bill will affect the everyday working families, and her opinion on her upcoming tour of Alligator Alcatraz.
Salazar, a South Florida Republican, toured the ad-hoc prison at a training airport, which she visited with other federal and state legislators Saturday on a guided tour from the Gov. Ron DeSantis administration.
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Tampa Free Press on MSNFlorida “Alligator Alcatraz” Tour Ignites Fiery Debate As Dems Cry Foul, Officials Push BackRepublicans Accuse Democrats of Exaggerating Conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz" A recent bipartisan tour of Florida’s new migrant detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” has ignited a fierce political firestorm,
Alligator Alcatraz has triggered pride in the MAGA world, and fury in an unlikely bipartisan mix of South Floridians. Decades ago, bipartisan outrage erupted in a fight over a jetport on the same
Trump said Alligator Alcatraz was built for the ‘most vicious people on the planet’ — but hundreds of detainees have no criminal record - More than 700 people being held at temporary detention facilit
Potential effects include increased light and air pollution, habitat degradation for endangered species such as the Florida panther, and waste spills.