Alligator Alcatraz, immigrant detention
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Florida established the Everglades immigration detention center in an effort to help the Trump administration meet its deportation goals.
Florida lawmakers are touring a controversial immigration detention center in the Everglades. The facility, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," was rapidly built on a remote airstrip and houses 3,000 detainees.
Earlier on Saturday, Democratic and Republican lawmakers toured Alligator Alcatraz. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said the state is abusing human beings at the facility, according to the Associated Press.
Florida Sen. Blaise Ingoglia wore a University of Florida golf polo with an alligator icon to a guided tour of Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday in Collier County.
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People held at the brand new Florida immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” say worms turn up in the food, toilets don’t flush and floors flood with fecal waste.
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Democratic lawmakers describe the harsh conditions inside Alligator Alcatraz after they accepted an invite to tour the controversial facility on Saturday.
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WPEC West Palm Beach on MSNLawmakers decry 'horrific' conditions at Alligator Alcatraz after not-so-surprise tourWhat was meant to be a surprise inspection turned into a tightly managed tour, but what Florida lawmakers saw inside Alligator Alcatraz left them horrified.
Andrew Closson was among the civilians standing outside the Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday afternoon in Collier County.