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'Alligator Alcatraz' Funded by Taxpayer Money Intended for Florida's Hurricane Response, Disaster Preparedness: Report

Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded $20 million in no-bid contracts, including nearly $500,000 for an emergency radio system that was originally designated for disaster preparedness during the active hurricane season.

Latin Times

Florida Democrats Seek To Shut Down 'Alligator Alcatraz': 'Shut Down This Atrocity'

Florida Democrats have introduced legislation to shut down the migrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz"

Latin Times

Florida plan to deputize National Guard officers as immigration judges at Alligator Alcatraz would likely violate constitutional rights

Seeking to expand Florida’s role in federal immigration enforcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in May 2025 submitted the state’s Immigration Enforcement Operations Plan to the Trump administration.

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How DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

More than 100 emails expose the extent to which authorities in southwest Florida were left unaware of plans to build a sprawling immigration detention centre in the Everglades

The Independent UK

Trump news at a glance: Fallout from Epstein case widens as Trump threatens to sue WSJ

Trump said the letter the Wall Street Journal alleged he wrote to Epstein was a ‘fake’ and that he plans to sue the publication owned by Rupert Murdoch – key US politics stories from 17 July 2025

The Guardian - US

Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope

In Alaska, a public radio station general manager took a moment from a busy day warning her community about a possible tsunami for a special task — sending a text message to Sen. Lisa Murkowski urging her to vote against a measure to strip federal funding of NPR and PBS

The Independent UK

Florida supreme court upholds congressional map that weakens Black voters’ influence

Ruling is a win for Republicans, who anticipate losing US House seats in next year’s midterm elections

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Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades

The Independent UK

DeSantis under fire for using disaster funds to build migrant detention jail

Analysis of $20m spent on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ shows some contracts went to governor’s donors or allies

The Guardian - US

‘Every single time’: Ron DeSantis isn’t taking orders from Trump anymore as he picks his own loyalist

Running into battle, not backing down.

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Immigrant Rights Group Says Its Billboards Opposing Alligator Alcatraz Were Taken Down Under Political Pressure

The Florida Immigrant Coalition's new billboards were restored less than a day after being taken down, but why were they removed in the first place?

Reason

Florida is fronting the $450M cost of Alligator Alcatraz – a legal scholar explains what we still don’t know about the detainees

The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a reference to the former maximum security federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay.

The Conversation

‘It’s a concentration camp’: Everything we know about Trump’s new ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Florida Everglades

EXPLAINER: The already-notorious immigrant detention camp was rapidly assembled in a remote location full of dangerous wildlife. But detainees have alleged brutal conditions — even while Republicans sell merchandise, writes Io Dodds

The Independent UK

The Original Alcatraz Closed for Costing Too Much. Alligator Alcatraz Should Too.

Florida’s elected officials should learn from the original facility that inspired the state’s newest immigrant detention center's name, and change course before it’s too late.

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Hundreds of 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detainees Don't Have Criminal Records

Trump said the prison camp would hold "some of the most vicious people on the planet," but a list obtained by the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Tribune shows otherwise.

The Independent UK

Another DeSantis ally takes the helm of a public university in Florida

Another former Republican lawmaker and ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis is officially taking the helm of one of Florida’s public universities

The Independent UK

Lawmaker says Alligator Alcatraz is an ‘internment camp’ after joint GOP-Dem visit: ‘Packed into cages’

Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who represents Florida's 25th congressional district, said that pictures of the facility ‘don’t do it justice’

Latin Times

Congressman Reveals Conditions At Alligator Alcatraz That Made His 'Heart Sink' After Tour

A Democratic Congressman revealed the horrific conditions he witnessed while visiting the newly opened 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades.

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The Independent UK

Lawmakers visit 'Alligator Alcatraz,' but some wonder how much they'll get to see

Florida lawmakers are touring a controversial immigration detention center in the Everglades

The Guardian - US

2024 book review: the what-ifs of an election that took US closer to autocracy

Deeply sourced narrative charts the delusions of the main players and the disastrous debate that reset the campaign

The Guardian - US

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ showcases Trump’s surreal brand of stylized cruelty

Immigrants are living in brutal conditions at the Florida detention camp, built on a sense of scripted unreality

The Independent UK

DOGE sprouts in red states, as governors embrace the cost-cutter brand and make it their own

President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has spawned state-level DOGE initiatives as Republican governors and lawmakers aim to show that they're in step

The Independent UK

Detainees describe worms in food, sewage near beds inside 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Worms in the food

The Independent UK

Florida lawmakers who were denied access to 'Alligator Alcatraz' sue DeSantis

Five Florida state lawmakers who were denied access to a new immigration detention center in the Everglades are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis

The Guardian - US

US supreme court blocks Florida from enforcing anti-immigration law

Judge finds Republican-crafted law probably unconstitutional for encroaching on federal government’s authority

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