Guardsmen Help Operate 'Alligator Alcatraz' as Trump Increasingly Leans on Military for Immigration Crackdown

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Poses Serious Risks to Immigrants Beyond Just Alligators

Experts are concerned about the dangerous conditions at Alligator Alcatraz, the immigrant detention center that opened Tuesday in the Florida Everglades. Hurricanes, flooding, and mosquitoes pose a more likely threat to people incarcerated there than the alligators and snakes that President Donald Trump has “joked” about.  Built in eight days, the facility consists of large tents, bunk beds, and chain link fences that form cages to hold about …

"This is Inhumane": Florida lawmakers outraged over plan to send pregnant women and kids to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.

Amid ICE raids, President Donald Trump toured a new immigration detention facility with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Trump’s $450M ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ FLOODS On Day One | Swamp Prison Camp Sparks CHAOS & Mockery

Call it irony or karma, but Donald Trump’s controversial $450 million "Swamp Camp" project, dubbed by critics as “Alligator Alcatraz,” made headlines for all the wrong reasons on Day One. Just hours after its unveiling, torrential rain left the Florida compound drenched and dysfunctional, sparking viral memes, online mockery, and major logistical chaos. WATCH

Democratic lawmakers denied entry to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail

Florida state lawmakers call blockage ‘a blatant abuse of power and an attempt to conceal human rights violations’A group of Florida lawmakers were denied entry on Thursday into the new Florida-based immigration jail dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” one day after the first immigrant detainees began to arrive.Five Democratic lawmakers attempted to enter the facility, which was previously toured on Tuesday by White House officials, but were stopped by …

Democratic lawmakers denied entry to Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention site

Ahead of the attempted site visit, the Democratic lawmakers said, "As lawmakers, we have both the legal right and moral responsibility to inspect this site."