Alligator Alcatraz, Migrant detainees
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ACLU files lawsuit against "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration facility in Florida Everglades, alleging detainees are denied legal counsel and face dangerous conditions.
Detainees claim they are enduring inhumane conditions, including lack of access to water, inadequate food and denial of religious rights.
Kristi Noem clashes with NBC's Kristen Welker over alleged inhumane conditions at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz while criticizing Democrats for ignoring similar issues.
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WPEC CBS 12 on MSNLawmakers decry 'horrific' conditions at Alligator Alcatraz after not-so-surprise tourWhat was meant to be a surprise inspection turned into a tightly managed tour, but what Florida lawmakers saw inside Alligator Alcatraz left them horrified.
“In most respects, ICE facilities operate with less consistent oversight and legal accountability than state or federal prisons or local jails,” Brinkley-Rubinstein said. “ICE detention facilities and people that run them tend to be much less transparent about their operations.”
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The Mirror US on MSNAlligator Alcatraz inmates forced to drink filthy toilet water as horror conditions exposedRep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fl.) painstakingly detailed the conditions of the migrant detention center as a new report found hundreds held in the facility do not possess a criminal record
Two weeks after it opened, a temporary migrant detention center in the Everglades is facing expensive logistical challenges: portable toilets routinely back up, sewage needs to be collected and trucked out,