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Kristi Noem clashes with NBC's Kristen Welker over alleged inhumane conditions at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz while criticizing Democrats for ignoring similar issues.
Hundreds of immigrants with no criminal charges in the United States are being held at Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility state and federal officials have characterized as a place where “vicious” and “deranged psychopaths” are sent before they get deported, records obtained by the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times show.
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Only one third of detainees at the Florida facility have been convicted of a crime, despite the president's claims it will hold "some of the most vicious people on the planet"
Alligator Alcatraz is comprised of tents and trailers inside the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. Inside these tents are rows of two-tier bunk beds inside large cells that are surrounded by chain-link fences. Hundreds of people are already being detained inside Alligator Alcatraz.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the conditions at Alligator Alcatraz in a testy exchange on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday after Democratic lawmakers criticized the facility.
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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.