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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
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
“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.”
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.