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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

Trump said Alligator Alcatraz was built for the ‘most vicious people on the planet’ — but hundreds of detainees have no criminal record

Hundreds of detainees held at Alligator Alcatraz, the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, do not have criminal records or charges pending against them in the U.S. -- despite President Donald Trump claiming the facility would hold “the most vicious people on the planet.”

A preliminary review of the more than 700 people being held at the temporary facility found that one-third of detainees had criminal convictions, according to The Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times.

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