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If adopted by the county commission Tuesday, an amended agreement with the federal government would authorize county correctional officers to transport immigration detainees at the request of ICE.
A man granted protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has been sent to a newly opened detention center in the Everglades, known as Alligator Alcatraz, which was designed to hold illegal immigrants awaiting deportation.
Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski has condemned public officials’ rhetoric praising Alligator Alcatraz, the remote ICE detention center in the Florida Everglades.The detention center, built near alligator-infested waters,
Florida State Representative Angie Nixon (D-Jacksonville) is calling for more transparency regarding the planned Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at Camp Blanding in Clay County.
ICE received additional funding from President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," and Alligator Alcatraz began operating.
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Latin Times on MSNICE Detainees In Miami-Dade Set To Be Taken To 'Alligator Alcatraz' Despite Allegations Of Harsh ConditionsThe Miami-Dade County jail system agreed to take local migrant detainees to federal detention centers, including the Everglades facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz"
Where is Alligator Alcatraz? Dubbed East Coast version of famed prison, Trump and Kristi Noem visited new ICE detention center in Ochopee, Florida.