A tour of the facility shows how the former federal penitentiary remains larger than life in American mythology.

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Alcatraz was first used as a jail during the American Civil War. It later became a federal penitentiary in 1934, closing less than 30 years later.

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Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion.

President Donald Trump campaigned on a tough immigration policy and rode that wave all the way to a second term in the White House. He backed up his talk with action by stepping up deportations ...

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