Florida Dem decries Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ center
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Upon emerging from sprawling facility, Democrats and Republicans provided vastly different accounts of what they saw within
Florida Democrat Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said her inspection of the "Alligator Alcatraz" facility showed a disgusting toilet and shower situation, no privacy, and bad food for the detainees, while the guards were snacking on "roast chicken and big sausages.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem tells Meet the Press that she will show evidence of what she describes as high-level conditions within the new immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” after Florida Democrats toured the facilities and called the conditions “vile.
The Miami Herald has published a list of detainees being held at Alligator Alcatraz, Florida’s makeshift immigration detention center in the Everglades, and found that many have no criminal convictions or pending criminal charges.
The Florida Attorney General's office revealed serious criminal backgrounds of detainees at Alligator Alcatraz facility, including MS-13 gang activity.
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Florida Sen. Blaise Ingoglia wore a University of Florida golf polo with an alligator icon to a guided tour of Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday in Collier County.