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Not just ‘Alligator Alcatraz': DeSantis floats building another immigration detention center
Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s ...
Not just ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Ron DeSantis floats building another immigration detention center
Florida officials have said the detention facility, which has been described as temporary, will rely on heavy-duty tents, ...
DeSantis looks to build another immigration detention camp at Camp Blanding
While building is already underway for the Everglades facility, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that his administration is ...
How Florida is building "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigration detention site in the Everglades swamps
An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield is just days away from being operational, ...
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4 ways Trump’s big bill could change the U.S. immigration system
President Donald Trump’s spending cuts and border security package would inject roughly $150 billion into his mass ...
Florida eyes 2nd immigration detention center to join ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The second center would be at Camp Blanding, a Florida National Guard training site southwest of Jacksonville.
Notorious New York City jail, two other federal facilities, to receive ICE detainees
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has been housing immigration detainees in jails and prisons following an interagency agreement ...
ICE holding a record 59,000 immigrant detainees, nearly half with no criminal record, internal data show
ICE is holding around 59,000 detainees in facilities across the country, likely setting a record high, according to internal ...
DeSantis proposes Camp Blanding for another immigration detention center
The idea to pursue the Northeast Florida center came after plans to move forward with "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigration detention facility in the Everglades.