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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

Miami Archbishop shreds MAGA’s praise of Alligator Alcatraz amid reports of inhumane conditions: ‘Unbecoming of public officials’

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, opened on July 1 with a visit from President Donald Trump. There, the president joked that immigrants who attempt to escape the prison could be eaten by alligators.

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