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Bloomberg· 2025-08-22 04:22
The sprawling immigrant detention camp known as Alligator Alcatraz must be wound down and dismantled, a federal judge says, dealing a setback to Florida’s push to help Trump’s campaign to deport millions https://t.co/hakrpchYyz ...
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The Wall Street Journal· 2025-08-22 03:23
A judge ordered the government dismantle much of Florida's Alligator Alcatraz, one of the flagship immigrant detention facilities in Trump’s enforcement effort https://t.co/kGLdrkKHzj ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-08-15 14:50
RT Sophie Alexander (@sooo__phie)From disaster relief to immigration detention — many of the companies on ICE’s shortlist have been making their pivot since before Trump was elected.Their key ally? Trump’s border czar Tom Homan.w/ @racheladhe @FolaAk🎁: https://t.co/qD2jt2s73D ...
New Texas ICE facility Fort Bliss expected to be the largest in the U.S.
MSNBC· 2025-08-14 20:12
After months of setbacks, a new immigration detention facility in Texas is set to open this week. Like the so-called Alligator Alcatraz camp in Florida, the Fort Bliss facility will include temporary structures, including soft-sided tents with capacity to hold about a thousand people. Immigration officials say the facility is needed to meet capacity as a nationwide push to detain undocumented immigrants continues.Joining us now, NBC News senior Homeland Security uh correspondent Julia Aninsley. Julia, there ...
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The Wall Street Journal· 2025-08-14 15:45
Florida is planning to open a second state-run immigration detention facility. The facility, which Gov. Ron DeSantis called “Deportation Depot,” will be run out of Baker Correctional Institution in northern Florida. https://t.co/wsVDoCSAYv ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-12 19:15
There is no running water or electricity in Florida’s new immigration detention facility, so water is trucked in and generators keep the power on. Detainees have reported that the water makes them sick https://t.co/MyTSWCTC9LPhoto: The White House https://t.co/UpY5UmIGia ...
“The normalization of a certain degree of cruelty”: Immigration enforcement in America goes rogue
MSNBC· 2025-08-11 01:50
Immigration Detention & Policy - Construction of the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades was temporarily halted due to environmental concerns [1] - Families are experiencing heartbreak due to the separation and disappearance of detainees [2][3][4][5] - One in five Latino arrests have no criminal background or removal order, suggesting racial targeting [6] - Over 70% of people in immigration detention do not have a criminal conviction, contradicting the rhetoric of detaining "the worst of the worst" [7] - There is concern about the normalization of brutality and cruelty in immigration enforcement, such as masked agents targeting street vendors [19] DHS & ICE Recruitment - DHS is expanding recruitment efforts, including removing the age gap, potentially inviting older individuals to become ICE agents [8] - The imagery used in DHS recruitment posters is unprecedented and reflects a concerning shift in the agency's approach [9][10] - The recruitment of older individuals, like Dean Cain, is seen as a PR move, despite the historical context of internment camps [12][14] Border Security & Budget - There is cognitive dissonance between claims of a sealed US-Mexico border and the need for a tripled budget for border security [17] - The increased budget for border security is comparable to the military budgets of many other nations [17]
Detainees on hunger strike in protest of treatment at 'Alligator Alcatraz'
NBC News· 2025-08-05 03:00
Pedro Conpion says inside this South Florida detention center, there was abuse and mistreatment. >> In protest, the immigration detainy, originally from Cuba, started a hunger strike on July 22nd, according to his wife. Then she says he was hospitalized and despite the personal toll it's taking.Tonight, Conpion is still refusing to eat. According to his wife who spoke with our Miami Telmundo station, >> they're not the only ones raising concerns about the Florida Everglades facility known as Alligator Alcat ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-07-30 19:30
A group of Democratic members of Congress sued the Trump administration over a policy barring them from visiting immigration detention facilities without advanced notice https://t.co/OQSmCjRcsF ...
'I saw myself in those cages': FL Dem Rep. recounts visit to Alligator Alcatraz
MSNBC· 2025-07-19 20:35
Let's talk big picture here for a second. Why is it important to you um that you get in there for for you as an elected official to see for yourself the conditions in there and for you to describe them to the public. Well, number one, it's important because I'm one of the only people that are that's able to go inside that facility, walk outside of it, and deliver the truth, say exactly what I saw and exactly what's going on.You know, I when I went in and we were standing at that door looking at the cages, l ...