Jul 28 ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees held without charges, barred from legal access, attorneys say By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that “Alligator Alcatraz” detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 3:20 News Wrap: Trump’s ‘working visit’ to Scotland sparks protests In our news wrap Saturday, Trump golfed at his resort in Scotland as locals protested his visit, House Democrats sought more details about Trump’s connections with Epstein, Florida Gov. DeSantis confirmed detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz” are being flown out for… Continue watching
Jul 25 DeSantis says deportation flights from Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center have begun By Associated Press DeSantis said Friday that the flights operated by the Department of Homeland Security have transferred about 100 detainees from the immigration detention center to other countries. Continue reading
Jul 17 Gov. DeSantis blindsided Florida county officials with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ plans, emails show By Kate Payne, Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades, emails obtained by The Associated Press show, while relying on an executive order to… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch 4:46 A look at the controversy around ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Claire Mufson This weekend, lawmakers got their first look inside “Alligator Alcatraz,” the makeshift immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., called the conditions “disturbing and vile,” a description Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem challenged. John Yang… Continue watching
Jul 03 First immigration detainees arrive at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Florida Everglades By Curt Anderson, Kate Payne, Associated Press The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” a spokesperson for Republican state Attorney General James Uthmeier told The Associated Press. Continue reading
Jul 02 Fact-checking Trump’s remarks at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ on immigration and Medicaid By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact President Donald Trump toured Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention facility in the Everglades ahead of its first expected detainees. Here is a fact-check of some of his remarks. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 6:04 Trump visits Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ urges more states to open ICE detention sites By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat As Republicans try to push through their big bill that would inject billions into President Trump’s deportation campaign, the president visited a new detention center in Florida. The facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by local officials is located at an airport… Continue watching
Jun 30 Trump to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention facility in Florida Everglades By Chris Megerian, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press President Donald Trump is planning to visit a new immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis. Continue reading
Jun 30 WATCH: Trump to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ new immigration detention facility in Florida Everglades By Chris Megerian, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that Trump will be visiting “Alligator Alcatraz.”… Continue reading