Tag: Alligator Alcatraz
Florida’s State-Run Immigration Detention Centers Omit Hundreds of Detainees from Federal Tracking
The day after a federal judge temporarily blocked an order to wind down operations at Alligator Alcatraz earlier…
Indiana will spend $16 million renovating ‘Speedway Slammer’ to become ICE detention center
The "Speedway Slammer" now has a price tag: $16 million, so far.That's how much the state budget committee…
The key to the Trump administration’s rapid detention ramp-up? Republican governors.
Republican governors are vying for billions of immigration enforcement dollars from the GOP’s megalaw, as state-federal partnerships emerge…
Florida governor says state will open ‘deportation depot’ immigration jail
Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, said on Thursday that the state will open a second immigration jail, as…
The next ‘Alligator Alcatraz’? DeSantis announces new Florida ‘deportation depot’
TALLAHASSEE — The DeSantis administration is making arrangements to hold immigrant detainees at a North Florida prison as…
Gator devours massive python in Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz
There are approximately 1.3 million alligators in Florida. One of them recently made a meal of an invasive,…
Kristi Noem dubs Indiana’s version of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as the ‘Speedway Slammer’
The United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced on Aug. 5 that the Trump administration had…
Noem says “Alligator Alcatraz” to be model for ICE state-run detention centers
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says "Alligator Alcatraz" will serve as a model for state-run migrant detention centers,…