Alligator Alcatraz, Republican Party of Florida
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Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz flooded almost immediately and conditions at the detention center aren’t improving. Guards and detainees alike report a lack of clean water, swarming mosquitos, rainwater leaks, and other “inhumane” conditions.
P.S. Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a Holocaust survivor who played cello in the Auschwitz women’s orchestra, turns a hundred today. “The word ‘indomitable’ might have been invented for her,” Alex Ross wrote, after spending time with her last year. “She is perhaps the most awe-inspiring person I have ever met.” 🎻
Trump administration officials want "Alligator Alcatraz" to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion.
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FOX 35 Orlando on MSN'Alligator Alcatraz': ACLU sues Trump administration, claiming detention site violates rightsThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has officially filed a class-action lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process for people detained at Florida’s "Alligator Alcatraz.
Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could be the template for other facilities in other states.
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Days after criticism from residents, an Ohio jail tried to create its own version of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz."
At least five Republican governors are reportedly considering building large-scale immigration detention centers modeled after Florida’s
Miccosukee Tribe Chairman Talbert Cypress spoke with Newsweek July 17 regarding joining a lawsuit against federal agencies including Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,