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What is Alligator Alcatraz?

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Alligator Alcatraz is a migrant detention and deportation facility in Florida, built in wetlands with alligators and snakes to deter escape. Lawmakers and advocates have raised concerns about poor conditions, lack of plumbing, and restricted communication for detainees.

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Florida lawmaker slams Gov. DeSantis after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ tour
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CNN
12 hours ago
Florida lawmaker slams Gov. DeSantis after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ tour

Alligator Alcatraz is a new detention center in Florida built to house migrants, where over 32 men were kept together with only three toilets, which also served as their water source.

Lawmakers demand oversight at Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
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Al Jazeera
20 hours ago
Lawmakers demand oversight at Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Alligator Alcatraz is a newly built detention centre for undocumented immigrants in Florida, placed in wetlands full of alligators and snakes to deter escape and inspire fear.

Judge orders Trump to stop Californian immigration raids
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CBS News
1 day ago
Judge orders Trump to stop Californian immigration raids

Alligator Alcatraz is described as a makeshift 3,000-bed facility on swampland, built to detain immigrants.

Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz': Lawmakers to tour migrant facility
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Scripps Local
3 days ago
Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz': Lawmakers to tour migrant facility

The facility, called Alligator Alcatraz, is a migrant detention and deportation center in Florida, criticized for inhumane conditions such as lack of access to medicine, running water, and due process.

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