Florida, Alcatraz and Everglades
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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. President Donald Trump, federal officials and Florida Republicans touted the remote Everglades immigration detention centers — dubbed Alligator Alcatraz — as a place to detain people deemed the "worst of the worst.
Immediate action was taken to separate and remove the detainee in accordance with federal protocols,” said Stephanie Hartman, a spokeswoman for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which oversees the site.
It seems that the DeSantis administration just pulled more than a dozen contracts tied to the Everglades Immigration Detention facility from a public database of state contracts. These contracts total more than $200 million in taxpayer spending, and they are public records.
Two weeks after it opened, a temporary migrant detention center in the Everglades is facing expensive logistical challenges: portable toilets routinely back up, sewage needs to be collected and trucked out,
One of two federally-recognized tribes in Florida wants to join a lawsuit to stop Alligator Alcatraz from operating in the Everglades.
A 38-page complaint spells out how people detained at the state-run Everglades detention center are reportedly not getting access to their attorneys.
Fernando Artese had plans to voluntarily leave the country before he was arrested last month for driving with a suspended license, his daughter said.
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Florida lawmakers got their first tour of the new migrant detention facility in the Everglades called Alligator Alcatraz.Democratic lawmakers had been asking for a tour for weeks after detainees claimed there were "inhumane" conditions inside the facility.