Alligator Alcatraz, Florida Everglades
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Republican states are considering building versions of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," a detention facility for illegal immigrants that was celebrated by President Donald Trump.
Five Florida state lawmakers who were denied access to a new immigration detention center in the Everglades are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis.
In Florida, price of immigration "emergency" includes $12,000 plane tickets to Martha's Vineyard and $400-a-night beds at Alligator Alcatraz.
A Florida state representative said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is building "modern-day concentration camps," calling out his newly opened illegal immigrant holding facility in the state.
The companies and their married chief executives, Carlos Duart and Tina Vidal-Duart, have given a total of $1.9 million to the two state political action committees supporting DeSantis’ bids for governor and to the Republican Party of Florida.
After Fox News raised the idea of a “Bear Alcatraz” ICE facility in Alaska, the office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy said that the state has no such plans.