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Florida GOP backs down, pulls ‘Deport Depot’ merch after Home Depot objects
The party ‘won’t back down to the radical left’ but couldn’t beat the copycat allegations
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‘Why here?’: Florida’s new ‘Deportation Depot’ immigrant detention center stirs fears among neighbors
In one of Florida’s most conservative counties, the plan has drawn a tangle of reactions to those living within walking distance
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Florida GOP releases more merch making light of the arrests of immigrants
‘We won’t back down to the radical left,’ the party says about its new ‘Deport Depot’ merch
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Federal judge blocks construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for two weeks
The injunction stops filling, paving, new lights, and new infrastructure
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In Orlando, DeSantis tells sheriffs to ‘fight for what you think is right’ amid ICE recruitments
Approximately 320 of the nearly 900 agencies in the U.S. that have signed agreements with ICE are in Florida
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Federal judge pushes DeSantis administration to prove ‘who’s running the show’ at Alligator Alcatraz
‘We have not ever seen a situation where hundreds of people are being held without charge, without access to the immigration courts, under a legal authority that has not been explained,’ an ACLU attorney said
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Florida objects to Miccosukee Tribe’s effort to join lawsuit against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Attorneys for the state argued that the tribe’s participation would be ‘duplicative’ of arguments by environmental groups
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Florida Gov. DeSantis announces deportation flights out of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The federal government has deported 100 people held at the notorious site in an old airstrip and flown out hundreds more to other hubs
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ICE arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions or charges surge in Florida
In June, the largest share of arrests were of people the federal government labeled as having no criminal history
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Federal officials are ‘overwhelmed’ by immigrant arrests and Florida wants to help, sheriff says
The State Board of Immigration Enforcement advanced $250M grant program for local law enforcement to help with federal immigration efforts
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Environmental groups face hurdles in lawsuit against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction
The lawsuit claims construction of the center violates a federal law requiring analysis of potential environmental harms
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DeSantis defends construction at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz amid legal battle
The state has a $37 million contract that includes funding for permanent and temporary fencing and roadway construction
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Immigrants held at Florida Everglades’ detention center are suing the Trump and DeSantis administrations
The complaint details conditions detainees have described at the site, ranging from flooding and having to go days without showering to guards’ excessive use of force
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Orange County rejects plan for local jail staff to transport ICE detainees to Alligator Alcatraz
The county is also eyeing potential modifications to its agreement with ICE after sustained pressure from immigrant rights advocates.
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More detention centers like Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz will be built by states flush with cash, experts predict
Former Department of Homeland Security officials expect to see a trend toward states building ‘soft’ temporary detention centers
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Miccosukee Tribe of Florida wants to join lawsuit to halt ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
All of the tribe’s active ceremonial sites and 15 villages are located within the Big Cypress National Preserve, which surrounds the detention center
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Florida Democrats describe ‘really disturbing’ conditions after tour of Alligator Alcatraz
‘There are really disturbing, vile conditions, and this place needs to be shut the hell down’
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Orlando lawmakers Anna Eskamani, Carlos Guillermo Smith among Dems filing lawsuit for being denied entrance to Alligator Alcatraz
‘The State is looking forward to quickly dispensing with this dumb lawsuit,’ DeSantis said Thursday
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Florida offers 90-minute tour of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to lawmakers, U.S. reps after denying entry last week
‘What FDEM is offering doesn’t undo their illegal denial or fulfill their legal obligation to us,’ Orlando Rep. Anna Eskamani wrote
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Miami-Dade County mayor now wants oversight of Florida Everglades’ ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The mayor voiced deep and growing concern about the safety of people in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement