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Alligator Alcatraz has opened in the Florida Everglades. Here are some takeaways

A state-run detention facility for migrants has opened in the Florida Everglades. Alligator Alcatraz - that is the official name - was assembled in eight days and opened on July 1. President Donald Trump visited the remote site on opening day, built at an old runway near the Miami-Dade and Collier county line.

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

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.

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Dem lawmaker: Alligator Alcatraz needs to be “shut the hell down”

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz joins The Lead

Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz is preventing attorney access, lawsuit says

A class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that people held at the immigrant-detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz ...

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The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center

Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of ...

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida seeks to join lawsuit against Alligator Alcatraz

One of two federally-recognized tribes in Florida wants to join a lawsuit to stop Alligator Alcatraz from operating in the ...

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Is Florida Quietly Removing Alligator Alcatraz Contracts from Public Database?

It seems that the DeSantis administration just pulled more than a dozen contracts tied to the Everglades Immigration ...

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Lawsuit alleges ‘Alligator Alcatraz' detainees have no access to immigration attorneys

A 38-page complaint spells out how people detained at the state-run Everglades detention center are reportedly not getting access to their attorneys.

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'Alligator Alcatraz': ACLU sues Trump administration, claiming detention site violates rights

The 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 ...

Alligator Alcatraz detention center in Florida: How many pythons are in the Everglades?

Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with massive ...

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Florida to detain migrants in new Everglades facility dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility the state is billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – ...

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The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida wants to join a federal lawsuit against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction and ...

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Florida lawmakers visit Alligator Alcatraz for the first time after weeks of being denied entry

Florida lawmakers got their first tour of the new migrant detention facility in the Everglades called Alligator ...

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