US EditionFlorida prepares to build a second immigration detention center to join ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Florida has awarded a $39,000 contract for weather monitoring equipment at its second immigration detention center, planned at Camp Blanding to expand deportation processing capacity.
- Florida is preparing to build a second immigration detention center at Camp Blanding, responding to the issues surrounding the first facility, 'Alligator Alcatraz.'
- Governor Ron DeSantis stated his willingness to consider the new site once 'Alligator Alcatraz' reaches capacity, and construction plans depend on increased deportation from the South Florida facility.
- Critics, including immigration advocates, have raised concerns about harsh conditions in the facilities, with reports of detainees lacking sufficient food and medical care.
- President Donald Trump supports the facility's conditions, stating it is suitable for the 'worst of the worst.
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Miami, U.S.A., 6 Aug (EFE).- The government of Florida lists an immigration detention center in the north of the state in addition to Alligator Alcatraz, which has been operating for a month west of Miami, according to public documents and complaints from activists. The Florida Emergency Management Division (FDEM), in charge of ‘Alcatraz de los caimanes’, awarded a contract for $39,490 to WeatherSTEM for a climate alert system in a place it call…
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