Alligator Alcatraz, Florida detention center
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Roughly 600 people are currently being detained at the migrant detention facility in South Florida known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” authorities told Local 10 News Wednesday.
Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
More questions arise over how Florida’s newest immigration detention center is being funded by the Trump administration.