Florida lawmakers describe Alligator Alcatraz conditions
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This weekend, lawmakers got their first look inside “Alligator Alcatraz,” the makeshift immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., called the conditions “disturbing and vile,
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Alligator Alcatraz timeline: Journey of undocumented migrant facility in the EvergladesA timeline of the undocumented migrant facility nestled deep in the Florida Everglades named Alligator Alcatraz.
REPUBLICAN LAUNCHING CAMPAIGN — State Rep. TOBY OVERDORF of Palm City is announcing this morning that he’s running for the Florida Senate to represent District 31, which consists of Martin County and parts of Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties. The seat is held by GOP state Sen. GAYLE HARRELL of Stuart, who’s term limited in 2028.
The medical facility at Alligator Alcatraz is staffed around the clock with a pharmacy on site. There is also an outdoor recreation yard, a chapel, and a law library available to detainees.
The savage, uncivilized imagery and tactics used by the state and federal governments to promote the so-called Alligator Alcatraz will leave a permanent scar on the state of Florida,
Alligator Alcatraz” becomes the stark new face of Trump and DeSantis’ immigration crackdown, drawing fire over safety, cost, and overcrowding.
In an exclusive report, WINK News uncovered details about the detainees at the new temporary detention facility in Collier County, known as "Alligator Alcatraz."
A new immigrant detention center in Florida has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by Republicans, who are now selling merch around the pop-up prison. It’s just one more stunt in a long line ...
The solid monthly job tallies that the White House has touted as a “Trump effect” are expected to fade as the president’s hardline immigration policies chip away at the supply of foreign-born workers.
Senate Democratic Leader Lori Berman dismissed the center as an “alliterative, cruel publicity stunt.” And as environmental groups sued to stop its opening, Democrats warned that the abuse of emergency funds by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration could leave Florida without resources when an actual disaster strikes.
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