Gov. Ron DeSantis Says All Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Have Removal Orders. Is that True?

Lawyers: Not all at Alligator Alcatraz have removal orders

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said all Alligator Alcatraz detainees have official deportation orders. Their lawyers say that’s incorrect.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says all Alligator Alcatraz detainees have removal orders. Is that true?

MIAMI — In press conferences and on TV, top Florida officials have repeatedly said that everyone detained at Alligator Alcatraz has been ordered by a judge to be removed from the country. “Everybody in this facility is on a final…

Etsy Users Are Boycotting Over Alligator Alcatraz Merch

Buyers and sellers have been calling to boycott Etsy to protest the sudden influx of hats, sweaters, and stickers promoting Trump’s new detainment facility.

Letters to the Editor: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is ‘Trump’s monument to misery and inhumanity’

"How did so many people become dismissive and uncaring about rights, both human and those enshrined in the Constitution of this formerly great country?" writes an L.A. Times reader.

Alligator Alcatraz is not a joke

Since the Trump Administration dubbed a new immigrant detention facility “Alligator Alcatraz,” built on environmentally sensitive land sacred to the Seminole and Miccosukee Nations, retailers have stepped in to profit on human misery. The merchandise typically shows grinning alligators, sometimes wearing ICE or Border Patrol hats, ready to eat any immigrant who tries to escape. Although Trump and his allies say the detention center is holding th…