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The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Hundreds of detainees with no criminal charges sent to Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

a person holds a sign that reads 'hands off our everglades' at protest
People protest against the immigration detention facility in Ochopee, Florida, on 1 July. Photograph: Dave Decker/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

The notorious new “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in the Florida Everglades contains hundreds of detainees with no criminal records or charges, it was disclosed on Sunday, as lawmakers decried “inhumane” conditions inside after touring the facility.

Donald Trump has insisted that the remote camp in swamp land populated by pythons and alligators was reserved for immigrants who were “deranged psychopaths” and “some of the most vicious people on the planet” awaiting deportation.

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