Florida state rep: Trump building ‘modern-day concentration camps’
FLORIDA, JUL 2 – Florida Rep. Angie Nixon denounces Trump’s immigrant detention centers as inhumane, highlighting the Everglades facility housing 3,000 detainees and plans for a second site at Camp Blanding.
- During a CNN appearance Tuesday, Nixon called the sites 'modern-day concentration camps,' describing the Camp Blanding site as a 'makeshift concentration camp.'
- Tucked away in the Florida Everglades, Alligator Alcatraz uses metal cages and tents without air conditioning or shade, exposing detainees to temperatures up to 107°F.
- According to state officials, the Camp Blanding detention center will cost $450 million and begin construction next week, with capacity for 2,000 detainees.
- They maintain the centers are necessary for immigration enforcement and public safety, with immigration judges on-site to expedite hearings within 48 hours, praised by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
- Legal experts note the Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishments for everyone in the United States, and a related case from Florida's detention center is headed to the Supreme Court.
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Democrat denounces president for building “modern concentration camps” disguised as immigration temporary detention centers
A concentration camp, but with alligators
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Florida state rep: Trump building 'modern-day concentration camps'
(The Hill) – Florida state Rep. Angela Nixon (D) condemned President Trump’s Tuesday visit to the opening of "Alligator Alcatraz" — a new migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades. “This isn‘t about safety. This is actually about Donald Trump building modern-day concentration camps in an effort to disappear people from our communities,” Nixon said Tuesday during an appearance on CNN’s “Out Front." “Donald Trump‘s blueprint for America…
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