The narrative is that only violent criminals are being sent to Alligator Alcatraz,” attorney Phillip Arroyo said. “We don’t know why [he was sent there] because he has legal status.”

With over $170 billion allocated through Trump’s megabill, we are witnessing the creation of a vast, permanent enforcement infrastructure aimed at turning the American police state into a prison state. The scope of this expansion is staggering.

President Donald Trump's visit to ICE's Alligator Alcatraz in the heart of Florida's swampland comes as he's pushed for more deportations of illegal immigrants.

Alligator Alcatraz,” the immigrant detention facility that opened Tuesday in the Florida Everglades, has become a rich source of jokes, memes and even merchandise put out by officials aligned with the Trump administration — and the president’s supporters.

As Trump, Desantis move forward to build, Alligator Alcatraz, an immigration detention center in the heart of the Everglades, here's what you need to know.

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Two environmental charities on Friday filed a lawsuit at a Miami federal court attempting to block the opening of a new migrant processing facility at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the Florida Everglades, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" by some Republicans.