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Alligator Alcatraz leans on myth steeped in racism
Key to the marketing ploy underpinning Florida's detention camp in the Everglades is the alligator, portrayed by Republican leaders as a blood-thirsty prison guard ready to attack anyone who escapes.
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Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said
But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.  President Donald Trump, federal officials and ...
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Alligator Alcatraz: The ICE Detention Center Is a Sin Against Nature
The effort by Trump, DeSantis, and Noem to turn part of the Everglades into a prison for migrants desecrates the famed ...
We Need To Stop Calling It 'Alligator Alcatraz' — That's Exactly What Trump Wants
"No, we’re not calling it Alligator Alcatraz. It’s a Florida concentration camp," one prominent copy editor said.
The Original Alcatraz Closed for Costing Too Much. Alligator Alcatraz Should Too.
Florida officials should learn from the facility that inspired the state’s newest immigrant detention center, and change ...
Alligator Alcatraz isn't just stupid and cruel. It echoes Florida's racist past. | Opinion
Fantasizing about Florida alligators eating immigrants is old racism repackaged in a new Alligator Alcatraz detention camp.
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Florida’s New ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Prison Almost Makes Me Miss the Days When Pam Bondi Was in Charge
From the Hill: The site, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” could open with soft-sided holding units for hundreds of detainees in the coming days through a partnership where the federal government will ...
Alligator Alcatraz is psychological terrorism
The Trump administration created a mosquito-plagued gulag where prisoners’ forbearance is tested. Many things are wrong with ...