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Trump border czar joining Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at Alligator Alcatraz as operations wind down
MIAMI — President Donald Trump’s border czar will join Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday for what could be the official closure of Alligator Alcatraz, an immigration detention camp built a year ago on a remote airport seized from Miami-Dade...
MIAMI — After a year filled with lawsuits, torture allegations and criticism over the use of taxpayer money, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday the closure of the Everglades detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz.
“Alligator Alcatraz fulfilled the role it was designed to serve,” DeSantis said at a news conference Thursday at the facility that has already been emptied of federal detainees.
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