Which States Could Get Their Own ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Camps?
FLORIDA EVERGLADES, JUL 17 – Alexis, a 15-year-old Mexican national, was detained amid Florida's rapid expansion of immigration enforcement at a facility housing over 700 migrants, one-third without criminal convictions.
- On July 1, Alexis, a Mexican national, was transferred to Alligator Alcatraz detention center, located in the Florida Everglades.
- On July 3, the camp opened to increase detention beds, with Kristi Noem stating other states want to follow Florida’s example, highlighting bipartisan support.
- Immigrant advocates report harsh conditions, worm-infested food, and denied medical care; families say they lack access to detainee lists, even for 250 with civil violations.
- On July 4, Alexis was released from Alligator Alcatraz, and he is now held at a federal Office of Refugee Resettlement shelter for migrant children.
- Florida state officials say expansion is under way, with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas saying other states are building similar Alligator Alcatraz–style facilities to double detention capacity and remove undocumented people 'as fast as possible'.
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The American detention centre guarded by alligators
Well as President Trump presses ahead with his crackdown on immigration – the latest controversy is Alligator Alcatraz. Built on an airstrip west of Miami in Florida’s Everglades, the detention facility was opened earlier this month by the president himself – who described the hundreds of thousands of alligators who inhabit the area as natural bodyguards. He says the facility is needed to curb illegal migration, but human rights organisations sa…
Miami Herald: 15-year-old boy with no criminal record held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for three days
A 15-year-old boy with no criminal record was held at “Alligator Alcatraz” for three days after a traffic stop, according to reporting by the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times. Miami Herald State Government Reporter Ana Ceballos joins Chris Jansing to explain the sequence of events that ended with the boy at the Everglades facility.


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Which states could get their own 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention camps?
(NewsNation) — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has suggested that a Florida migrant detention tent camp known as “Alligator Alcatraz” be used as a blueprint for other states as the federal agency seeks to add locations to hold undocumented migrants facing deportation. Noem said an announcement about where similar facilities could be opened is coming soon. Noem has been in touch with five GOP governors about their states' ho…
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