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Florida’s Everglades immigration detention center is closing, governor says
Immigration advocates criticized the center for unsafe and inhumane conditions.
The Florida Everglades immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” has served its purpose, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday, closing the makeshift facility heralded by the Trump administration and denounced as inhumane by civil rights groups.
DeSantis said the center was always meant to be only temporary until more permanent detention centers could be secured and federal officials now have that capacity.
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