Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz' remarks and Florida immigration detention updates
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President Trump made controversial jokes about alligators attacking immigrants at a Florida detention center, echoing racist imagery from the Jim Crow era that dehumanized Black people as bait for alligators, raising concerns about the cruelty and historical context of such rhetoric.
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- 'Alligator Alcatraz' checking in hundreds of detainees Wednesday night, Florida AG says KOMO
- Trump brushes off past rivalry with DeSantis at opening of Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ CNN
- Hundreds of immigrants to arrive at Everglades detention center tonight, Uthmeier announces Florida Phoenix
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