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‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Another shameful episode in American history

“Alligator Alcatraz” is the insulting name Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has given the inhumane detention center he has erected in the Everglades to house immigrants rounded up in the Trump administration’s draconian assault on allegedly undocumented people living in the United States.

TIME on MSN · 1d

The Dark History That Predates Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.

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The Conversation on MSN · 2d

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and Trump’s Celebration of Cruelty

Apparently designed to be an immigration deterrence and a display of cruelty, Alligator Alcatraz is much more than infrastructure. It is visual policy aimed to stage terror as a message while making Trump’s authoritarian and fascist politics a material reality.

Alligator Alcatraz, Republican Party of Florida

Politico · 11h

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ becomes lawsuit magnet

The Florida Supreme Court sent another lawsuit from Democratic state lawmakers to the circuit court in Leon County. The lawmakers sued after they were denied entry to the facility on July 3. No hearings have been held or scheduled yet.

PolitiFact · 1d

Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said

But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions. President Donald Trump, federal officials and Florida Republicans touted the remote Everglades immigration detention centers — dubbed Alligator Alcatraz — as a place to detain people deemed the "worst of the worst.

CBS News · 8h

County officials say they were blindsided by DeSantis administration plans for Alligator Alcatraz

Gov. DeSantis' administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center built in the Everglades.

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Florida is fronting the $450M cost of Alligator Alcatraz – a legal scholar explains what we still don’t know about the detainees

The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a ...

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The history of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' airstrip and how Palm ... - MSN

Editor's note: The little-used airstrip in the Everglades that the state is using to build a detention center for immigrants, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," is part of a storied history involving ...

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The history of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' airstrip and how Palm Beach ...

The history of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' airstrip and how Palm Beach County was involved. Eliot Kleinberg and Holly Baltz. Tue, June 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM UTC. 10 min read.

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'Alligator Alcatraz' airstrip history in South Florida - Palm Beach Post

The history of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' airstrip and how Palm Beach County was involved. Eliot Kleinberg and Holly Baltz. Palm Beach Post. A proposed "South Florida Jetport," five times the size ...

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