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‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Another shameful episode in American history
“Alligator Alcatraz” is the insulting name Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has given the inhumane detention center he has erected in the Everglades to house immigrants rounded up in the Trump administration’s draconian assault on allegedly undocumented people living in the United States.
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Alligator Alcatraz: American history from the dark side
German culture and the German language were virtually erased from American society almost overnight — sauerkraut was rebranded as “Liberty cabbage,” seriously — and as historian Matthew Stibbe writes, the “enemy alien hysteria” of the war years fed right into the Red Scare immediately afterward:
But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions. President Donald Trump, federal officials and ...
Editor's note: The little-used airstrip in the Everglades that the state is using to build a detention center for immigrants, ...
The public needs clear, accurate language. The stakes are too high for us to play along with the Trump administration’s ...
Newsweek spoke with the attorney of a detainee and the friend of another. Both described harrowing conditions at the remote facility.
Trump administration officials want "Alligator Alcatraz" to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
The remote facility in the Florida Everglades is expected to cost the state about $450 million annually to operate.
Some people detained at the facility have violent criminal histories. But data and news reports about the first month’s ...
Without permanent structures, electricity or running water, logistical headaches have emerged at “Alligator Alcatraz.” ...
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