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The Latest Breaking News from Alligator Alcatraz

Fact-checking Trump’s immigration and One Big Beautiful Bill claims

US president made a series of remarks while touring Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention centre.

Al Jazeera

Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ set to receive its first group of immigrants

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The Independent UK

Welp, Alligator Alcatraz is falling apart faster than Trump’s casinos — anyone shocked?

As if the human rights issues weren't bad enough.

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Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Flooded Following Summer Rainstorm Just Hours After President's Visit

President Trump and Kristi Noem toured Florida's controversial sixth ICE detention center during its opening on Tuesday before it flooded.

Latin Times

Trump Visits $450 Million 'Alligator Alcatraz,' Suggests Taxpayers Should Fund More of Them

Only eight days after construction began, Florida’s new immigration detention center in the Everglades is set to officially open this week.

Reason

Voices: Alligator Alcatraz will get the thumbs up from Trump’s Maga supporters

COMMENT: A vast new migrant detention centre in a remote part of the Florida Everglades – where would-be escapees are guaranteed to be eaten alive by crocodiles – comes from an imagination every bit as sadistic as any in Ancient Rome, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

MAGA star skewered for gleefully promoting ‘official Alligator Alcatraz merch’: ‘The banality of evil’

‘I repeat, this prison has merch. Things are going insanely well,’ Benny Johnson tweeted on Tuesday.

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‘We’ll have to arrest him’: Trump threatens jail for Mamdani in NYC and calls Biden a ‘son of a b****’ in wild ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ visit

The president christened his new ‘escape-proof’ detention center in Florida Tuesday and things went off the rails at times

The Independent UK

Trump Mocked for Saying He Plans to 'Spend a Lot of Time Here' in Response to 'Alligator Alcatraz' Question: 'Calling Himself a Detainee'

President Donald Trump is being ridiculed by social media users after mishearing a question from a reporter, stating that he planned on spending a lot of time in Florida after being asked how long migrants would be detained at Alligator Alcatraz.

Latin Times

‘Cops in the form of alligators’: Trump visits Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz

The migrant detention facility, located in the Florida wetlands, was built in eight days and will include 3,000 beds.

Al Jazeera

Trump Declares Biden 'Wanted' to Lock Him Up While Touring 'Alligator Alcatraz,' Unleashes Wave of Jokes: 'We All Did'

While touring the new "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center in Florida, President Donald Trump joked that President Biden wanted him incarcerated in the facility, spurring a barrage of mockery from social media users.

International Business Times

Trump celebrates harsh conditions for detainees on visit to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

President says immigration jail in Florida Everglades is a ‘little controversial, but I couldn’t care less’

The Guardian - US

Trump Hails New 'Alligator Alcatraz' Migrant Detention Center

US President Donald Trump reveled in a new Florida migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" Tuesday, joking that any escapees would be taught to run away from the reptiles to avoid being eaten.

International Business Times

Fox & Friends yuk it up over Trump Alligator Alcatraz ‘advice’: ‘Do not run in a straight line’

‘Teach them how to run!’ Ainsley Earhardt laughed while co-host Brian Kilmeade said to run in a ‘serpentine’ pattern.

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Trump Heads For 'Alligator Alcatraz' Migrant Detention Center

US President Donald Trump joked about escaped migrants getting eaten by Florida wildlife as he headed Tuesday to the official opening of a detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."

The Independent UK

Trump-Musk feud: President tours Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after doubling down on DOGE threat to former ‘first buddy’

Trump made comments about Musk as he visited so-called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention facility in Florida

International Business Times UK

Where Is Alligator Alcatraz? Size, Facilities And Why Are Environmentalists Opposing Construction Of ICE Detention Centre?

Alligator Alcatraz, a massive ICE detention centre in Florida's Everglades, sparks fierce opposition over environmental harm and Indigenous land rights.

Benzinga

Trump To Visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' Migrant Detention Center This Week Amid Deportation Push: Report

President Donald Trump is expected to attend on Tuesday the opening of a temporary migrant detention facility in Florida’s Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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Latin Times

White House Touting New 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Center Draws 'Concentration Camp' Comparisons: 'We Are Barbaric'

The White House revealed that President Donald Trump will be visiting the new undocumented migrant detention center this week, also known as "Alligator Alcatraz", located in Southern Florida.

The Independent UK

Trump flying down to open Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center Tuesday

White House confirmed the president and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem will christen controversial migrant lockup

Latin Times

Trump 'Likely' To Be At The Opening of Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' As Activists Protest Facility

President Donald Trump is expected to be at the opening of an immigrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz"

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‘This is a concentration camp’: Horror over Florida’s nightmare ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ designed to kill inmates

Guards hope nature will "do us some favors".

The Independent UK

DHS secretary praises Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' plan as agency expands immigration detention

The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because it would house immigration detainees in a facility being built in a Florida swamp

Latin Times

Florida National Guard Will Deploy 100 Troops To Secure 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Center

The Florida National Guard is deploying some 100 troops to "Alligator Alcatraz," a new detention center located in the Everglades

Al Jazeera

Is ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention centre funded by Florida hurricane money?

Government will allocate some FEMA funds to the facility, but will not use disaster relief money.

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