1st deportation flight from Alligator Alcatraz
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Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said in an announcement that spinoff facilities are currently underway.
What they’re trying to do, at the end of the day, is pretend like this facility is not governed by federal law,” said one attorney.
Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could be the template for other facilities in other states.
The remote facility in the Florida Everglades is expected to cost the state about $450 million annually to operate.
T-shirts are now being sold to celebrate "Alligator Alcatraz," a Florida attraction where migrants are placed in cages, surrounded by alligators, and publicly taunted in the name of entertainment. What may seem like a political stunt or lighthearted tourism has quickly become a disturbing reflection of how easily we dehumanize others.