President Trump has returned to the White House after touring a new and controversial migrant detention facility in Florida, which conservatives are embracing as a symbol of the administration's immigration crackdown. The president, alongside Florida Governor Ronda Santis and Homeland Security Secretary Christy Gnome, visited the detention center that's become known as Alligator Alcatraz, and for good reason. The facility is situated on the site of an old airirst strip in the Florida Everglades, and that sp ...

Joining us now is Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades, one of the environmental groups that's suing to block Alligator Alcatraz. Eve, thanks for coming on the show. You know the Florida Everglades so well.What's at stake here. So, if America's national parks were one of the best ideas our country has ever had, this sure looks like one of the worst ideas in America. Let's review what's happened over the past week.The state and federal government in cooperation have seized a property ...

I want to bring in Democratic Florida State Senator Shervin Jones who represents Miami Dade County, which includes a large portion of the Everglades. As you watch this unfold, you see the president there, you see your governor there, um, and the reporting that there could be people arriving as soon as tomorrow. What are your concerns.Well, first, thank you for having me. It's disgusting. What's happening in the Everglades isn't immigration enforcement.It's absolute political theater. when we know we have he ...

Ron DeSantis sees Alligator Alcatraz as the first of multiple state-run immigrant detention centers. To build it, he tapped into the state's network of disaster-relief contractors — who have little experience building and running such facilities https://t.co/FKnVADUypD ...

Yish also I want to ask you some about the president's schedule a little bit here. He's expected to be in Florida tomorrow. This is for the formal opening of this controversial immigration detention center.Um people might have heard of this. State leaders are calling it alligator Alcatraz. Um according to people familiar with this travel, we've confirmed it with NBC News.So ICE is in line to get a huge boost in funding in President Trump's tax and spending bill as we heard a little bit ago. Why do we think ...

Protesters demonstrated against the migrant detention facility being constructed in the Florida Everglades, known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” It comes as the construction process appeared to speed up over the weekend. NBC News’ Ryan Chandler has the details. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of ...

I've never seen him like this. Um, he's still wearing the same clothes that they got him in. Um, he still has blood on his shirt um, from the beating. His eyes are still burning. He hasn't been able to shower. He hasn't been able to wash his face. Um, he says he's in a in a in a cage, you can say, um, with at least 70 other people. No privacy. um one toilet. Uh he's received water maybe once a day and very very little food. That you may remember was Alejandro Barco, the US Marine veteran whose father Narcis ...

Uh, a lot of people thought maybe it was just a joke, but no, we're serious. Construction is underway deep in the Florida Everglades on a massive migrant detention camp that state officials are calling alligator Alcatra. In a promotional video set to music, Florida's attorney general lays out what he considers a deterrent for any potential escapees.People get out, there's not much waiting for them other than alligators and pythons. Starting next month, 5,000 migrants will be housed in trailers and heavyduty ...

Tensions remain high in Los Angeles amid the demonstrations against President Trump's massive immigration crackdown. And we're hearing from people on the ground now about why they're taking a stand. I'm not okay with this. I'm not okay with people getting taken from their jobs and being taken from when they're going into the federal building for their appointments to do this the right way.We don't feel safe. We're standing up for the children that can't stand up for themselves or their parents. We need immi ...

While Donald Trump's deportation campaign is stretching detention facilities to their absolute limit. Last week, NPR reported that the government was holding more than 48,000 people in immigration detention. Now, ICE is only funded to hold 42,000.Today, NBC News confirmed there are more than 51,000 people in custody. And no surprise, our facilities are at max capacity. And here's what is worth noting and what I want to talk about tonight.Almost 90% of people who are being held by ICE are in facilities that ...