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The Dark History That Predates Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.

Opinion

The Seattle Times · 4d

‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Another shameful episode in American history

“Alligator Alcatraz” is the insulting name Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has given the inhumane detention center he has erected in the Everglades to house immigrants rounded up in the Trump administration’s draconian assault on allegedly undocumented people living in the United States.

Opinion

Salon.com on MSN · 17d

Alligator Alcatraz: American history from the dark side

Yeah, it's a concentration camp. It's also a meme, a troll and an especially ugly distillation of American history

florida, Alligator Alcatraz

WLRN · 4d

PolitiFact FL: It's not just the ‘worst of the worst’ criminals in Alligator Alcatraz, as officials said

Some people detained at the facility have violent criminal histories. But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.

U.S. News & World Report · 20h

Florida Signs $245 Million in Contracts for 'Alligator Alcatraz.' Here's a Look by the Numbers

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has already signed at least $245 million in state contracts to set up and run the new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades

Axios on MSN · 15h

Florida spent more than $200 million to set up Alligator Alcatraz, records show

State contracts recently shared with Axios show how millions of taxpayer dollars were used to build Alligator Alcatraz, an immigration detention center in the middle of the Everglades, in just eight days.

Axios on MSN2d

Alligator Alcatraz leans on myth steeped in racism

Key to the marketing ploy underpinning Florida's detention camp in the Everglades is the alligator, portrayed by Republican ...

PolitiFact5d

Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said

On July 16, days after the first media investigations about sparse criminal backgrounds among the population were published, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., characterized the migrants at Alligator Alcatraz ...

Opinion

1dOpinion

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ showcases Trump’s penchant for visual cruelty

Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz described limited access to water and fresh air, saying they received only one meal a day and that the lights are on 24/7.

Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Revealed in Full List

The remote facility in the Florida Everglades is expected to cost the state about $450 million annually to operate.

28don MSN

The history of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' airstrip and how Palm Beach County was involved

Editor's note: The little-used airstrip in the Everglades that the state is using to build a detention center for immigrants, dubbed " Alligator Alcatraz ," is part of a storied history involving Palm ...

17hOpinion

Don’t call it ‘Alligator Auschwitz.’ But do get angry, demand better | Scott Maxwell

Don’t call it ‘Alligator Auschwitz,’ writes columnist Scott Maxwell. But do get informed about the human-rights allegations ...

8don MSN

Trump said Alligator Alcatraz was built for the ‘most vicious people on the planet’ — but hundreds of detainees have no criminal record

Hundreds of detainees held at Alligator Alcatraz, the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, do not have ...

Opinion

18dOpinion

Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.

This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

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