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The history of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' airstrip and how Palm Beach County was involved
Editor's note: The little-used airstrip in the Everglades that the state is using to build a detention center for immigrants, ...
Alligator Alcatraz: American history from the dark side
German culture and the German language were virtually erased from American society almost overnight — sauerkraut was ...
Florida is fronting the $450M cost of Alligator Alcatraz – a legal scholar explains what we still don’t know about the detainees
The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a ...
Alligator Alcatraz: How former California prison differs from new Everglades version
Land in the Everglades once designated to be a jetport, is now being turned into a detention center for migrants and being called Alligator Alcatraz.
Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
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Previously blocked from Alligator Alcatraz, Democrats find 'disturbing, vile conditions'
Getting their first look at Alligator Alcatraz more than 10 days after Republicans did, Democratic leaders say 'people are in horrible conditions.' ...
As the jokes fly, Alligator Alcatraz evokes racist trope of ‘gator bait’
On Sunday, two men stood in front of Alligator Alcatraz to show support for the detention center. One held a sign that read, ...
Lawmaker says Alligator Alcatraz is an ‘internment camp’ after joint GOP-Dem visit: ‘Packed into cages’
Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who represents Florida's 25th congressional district, said that pictures of the facility ‘don’t do it justice’ ...