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Three Contractors Helping Build 'Alligator Alcatraz' Reportedly Donated To DeSantis And Florida Republicans

Three contractors helping build the migrant detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz have reportedly donated money to the Florida GOP and Governor Ron DeSantis

Latin Times

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.

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The Everglades Jetport Was Supposed To Be a World Wonder. Now It's 'Alligator Alcatraz.'

Our dreams have fallen from supersonic world travel to jailing migrants who've hurt no one.

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Top Atlanta cop consulted for tech firm providing surveillance software to city

Marshall Freeman promoted software and owned stake in company while working for police, violating disclosure laws, says ethics office

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Watch: Tiny kitten rescued from pipe in Florida by firefighters

Two community members made a surprising discovery, finding a kitten stuck in a pipe, in Fort Myers, Florida

The Independent UK

'Sick' MAGA Influencer Hints at Feeding Immigrants to Gators: 'Alligator Lives Matter'

As Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" garners national attention, Laura Loomer fueled controversy with her suggestion that detainees will be food for alligators.

Latin Times

Florida Can Forbid Transgender High School Math Teacher From Using Feminine Pronouns to Refer to Herself in Class, 11th Circuit Says

The appeals court vacated a preliminary injunction that had been based on her First Amendment rights

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Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center is set to receive its first group of immigrants

The first group of immigrants are set to arrive at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

The Independent UK

Florida Teachers Have No First Amendment Right to Indicate Their Preferred Pronouns and Honorifics in Class

So an Eleventh Circuit panel held today, by a 2-1 vote.

Reason

Florida Plans To Deputize 9 National Guardsmen as Immigration Judges To Increase Deportations

Legal experts are concerned that immigration judges with only six weeks of training will not uphold constitutional protections for migrants.

Reason

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

GOP Lawmaker Rages After Democratic Rep Declares 'Pro-Life' Legislators Want Babies 'To Be Born and Get Shot'

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) incited uproar in a House Rules Committee meeting, accusing GOP who call themselves "pro-life" of wanting children to "get shot."

Latin Times

Florida police smash through glass to rescue woman from car inferno

This is the nail-biting moment Florida police smashed through glass to save a woman trapped in a burning car.

The Independent UK

Trump Approves Florida Plan to Use National Guard as Immigration Judges to Speed Deportations

Trump announced that he has approved Florida Gov. DeSantis' proposal to deputize National Guard Judge Advocate General Corps officers to serve as immigration judges at a newly built detention facility in the Everglades.

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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.

The Independent UK

Trump suggests teaching migrants how to run away from alligators

Donald Trump has suggested teaching migrants how to run away from alligators as he toured a new migrant detention center in Florida known as “Alligator Alcaratz”.

The Guardian - US

Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ tour was a calculated celebration of the dystopian

The detention center visit seemed to represent a landmark in a defining issue since even before his first term: migration

The Guardian - US

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The Independent UK

Trump jokes about immigrants being attacked by alligators during ‘Florida Alcatraz’ tour

‘Don't run in a straight line. Run like this’ Mr Trump said, as he moved his hand in a zigzag motion

The Independent UK

Trump says alligators could police migrants at ‘escape-proof’ center

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Photos of Trump touring an immigration detention center dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz'

President Donald Trump toured a newly built immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades surrounded by alligator-filled swamps and nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz.” He praised it as a model for future nationwide facilities aimed at accelerating deportations, including possibly deporting U.S. citizens.

Latin Times

Trump Revives Idea of Deporting US Citizen Criminals 'We Ought to Get Them the Hell Out of Here'

Speaking in Florida, President Donald Trump floated the idea of deporting criminals even if they are U.S.-born citizens.

The Independent UK

‘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

Latin Times

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.

The Independent UK

Two women accused of child neglect after 5-year-olds shut in shed in Florida heat

A mother and grandmother in Florida are facing child neglect charges after allegedly leaving the 5-year-old twin girls in a shed for several hours, with a brick blocking the door

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