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New aerial footage is showing another view of the new high-security immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades coined "Alligator Alcatraz."
The Trump administration’s push to quickly ramp up immigration arrests has led to overcrowding at ICE facilities and allegations of inhumane and unsanitary conditions.
She underscored the symbolism behind the “Alcatraz” comparison: an infamous prison known for harsh treatment and isolation, surrounded by deadly waters. “The state claims alligators and pythons provide security,” Rayner noted. “But no animal deterrent can justify the cruelty inside.”
An Italian passport holder was already preparing to leave the U.S. All three ended up at Alligator Alcatraz, a vast compound of tents and trailers built to hold up to 3,000 migrants deep in the Florida Everglades.
The creation of President Donald Trump's new migrant detention facility in Florida -- dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" -- has prompted social media users across the world to share an image of a site surrounded by a moat with creatures swimming in it.
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Florida's top emergency official says a lawsuit to stop an immigration detention center known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Everglades was filed in the wrong court.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) earlier this week called for Texas to create its own “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention facility.