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"Alligator Alcatraz" came together quickly thanks to GOP donors and state's disaster response
Some GOP donors whose companies helped build and will assist in running the facility are being given seven-figure sums.
4 food truck companies respond to backlash for catering at ‘Alligator Alcatraz'
Four food truck companies are responding to backlash for participating in a catering event at the migrant detention facility ...
Lawmakers blast possibility children could be sent to Alligator Alcatraz
Florida Democratic lawmakers are traveling to inspect the site as they bristle over the idea of children detained.
‘It’s fascism’: Critics slam Trump after tour of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
President Donald Trump promoted a migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" on Tuesday, which led to a wave of ...
Despite promises of FEMA funds, Florida has so far received no federal money for 'Alligator Alcatraz'
In a new court filing, the Department of Homeland Security says that so far, Florida has not even applied for any federal ...
DeSantis and Trump to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Everglades on opening day Tuesday
The detention immigration facility is located in an idle airstrip in the Everglades that the DeSantis administration recently ...
Republican donors and Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ so quickly
Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator ...