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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 ...
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 ...
First immigration detainees arrive at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Everglades
People are there,” Press Secretary Jae Williams said, though he didn’t immediately provide further details on the number 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 ...
Merch, jokes and memes: Trump officials, supporters love the name Alligator Alcatraz
Alligator Alcatraz,” the immigrant detention facility that opened Tuesday in the Florida Everglades, has become a rich source ...
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 ...
Everglades Alcatraz rose without a review or citizen input. Nonprofits are fighting back
Truck traffic, blazing lights, sewage: 55 years later, Alligator Alcatraz steamrolls Marjory Stoneman Douglas-led effort to ...