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Close To Half Of All Migrants Sent To 'Alligator Alcatraz' Don't Have a Criminal Record: Report

President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tour Alligator Alcatraz (Credit: Andres Caballero-Reynolds/Getty Images)

Recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy (DACA) have been sent to the Florida detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" despite the Trump administration's vow to only send the "worst of the worst" there. Many don't have criminal records either.

Relatives of DACA recipients recently described to CBS News the ordeal they have gone through while in detention. The brother of a DACA recipient identified as Edgar, who arrived in 2001 and is now the father of three U.S. citizens, was detained in June at a traffic stop and later sent to the detention center.

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