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DeSantis Faces Backlash Over Controversial Florida Detention Facilities

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DeSantis Faces Backlash Over Controversial Florida Detention Facilities
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' administration secretly built the 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center in the Everglades, bypassing local officials and laws through an executive order, leading to controversy and legal challenges over environmental and land use violations.

Topics:nation#alligator-alcatraz#desantis#florida#government-transparency#immigration-detention#politics
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  1. Gov. DeSantis blindsided Florida county officials with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ plans, emails show  PBS
  2. The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center  The New York Times
  3. DeSantis under fire for using disaster funds to build migrant detention jail  The Guardian
  4. Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Lack of Access to Counsel for People Held at Florida’s Notorious Everglades Immigration Detention Center  American Civil Liberties Union
  5. Inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ detainees report relentless mosquitoes, limited water  The Washington Post

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