Texas, Cornyn and Alligator Alcatraz
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Does a viral image really show Hulk Hogan posing in front of caged migrants at "Alligator Alcatraz"? No, that's not true: The image is composed of two different pictures. One showed a Border Patrol facility in Texas in 2019
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Irish Star on MSNFEMA grants set to give $600M to states to build more migrant detention centers like Alligator AlcatrazStates can apply for federal funds to make their own replicas of the controversial Alligator Alcatraz facility amid Trump's intense anti-immigration push
Flight tracking data appears to show that two military aircraft left the facility this week for Texas and Louisiana.
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The camp's design effectively leverages its environment: Caged units are closed enough to keep people imprisoned but open enough for mosquitoes typical of Florida's hot, wet climate to freely infect detainees. Already, one "Alligator Alcatraz" detainee reports fungus growing on his feet, which he attributes to unsanitary conditions.
Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a contract to build and run a 5,000-bed tent camp at the Army base in El Paso.
Republican states are considering building versions of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," a detention facility for illegal immigrants that was celebrated by President Donald Trump.
The Trump administration’s push to quickly ramp up immigration arrests has led to overcrowding at ICE facilities and allegations of inhumane and unsanitary conditions.