DeSantis, Alligator Alcatraz
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President Donald Trump to head to Florida for opening of "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility in the Everglades, supported by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis but opposed by environmentalists and critics.
The facility, which has been called a "concentration camp," was slated to become operational on July 1 after a visit by President Donald Trump.
In a newly filed legal notice, environmental groups accused the government agencies of ignoring even more environmental regulations while building and opening Alligator Alcatraz, despite the governor's pledge to have "zero impacts" on the Everglades.
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Irish Star on MSN'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees detail giant bugs and malfunctioning toilets one week after openingAlligator Alcatraz's first detainees at the new migrant detention center have alleged that they are living in horrid conditions and being treated inhumanely
“There is no water here to bathe,” Leamsy said. “They give you food only once a day, food that even has worms in it.” The musician, whose real name is Leamsy Izquierdo, said the detention center is plagued by mosquitoes “the size of elephants and that the lights in the facility are left on 24 hours a day.
Carved from the Big Cypress National Preserve, the new migrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz is now open for business
The detention facility nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” is set to open on Tuesday, and President Donald Trump will be on hand to check it out for himself, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday.
Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed President Donald Trump will be in the Everglades for the grand opening of "Alligator Alcatraz."
More questions arise over how Florida’s newest immigration detention center is being funded by the Trump administration.