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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.”…

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