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Contracts Show Millions of Dollars and Diverted Disaster Resources Were Used to Build DeSantis’ ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The camp was first announced by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who is DeSantis’ former chief of staff and was ...
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Florida signs $245 million in contracts for 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has already signed at least $245 million in state contracts to set up and run the new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades.
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Maxwell: Don’t call it ‘Alligator Auschwitz.’ But do get angry, demand better
Don’t call it ‘Alligator Auschwitz.’ But do get informed about the human-rights allegations and secretive, no-bid contracts being handed out in Florida ...
Jacksonville company with $78.5 million Alligator Alcatraz contract tied to DeSantis donor
Action News Jax has learned the Jacksonville-based company contracted to staff Alligator Alcatraz has ties to a donor of ...
Dems Rip DeSantis For ‘Raiding Hurricane Response Resources’ At ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Top Florida Democrats issued blistering responses on Wednesday following a TPM report that detailed how Sunshine State Gov.
Is Alligator Alcatraz full of waste, fraud and abuse? If only we had an agency looking into such things | Opinion
In Florida, price of immigration "emergency" includes $12,000 plane tickets to Martha's Vineyard and $400-a-night beds at ...
Nearly three dozen 911 calls made from immigrant detention center ‘Alligator Alcatraz,' records show
Nearly three dozen 911 calls have been made from an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades and new records are ...
Florida’s disaster pipeline funnels millions to politically connected contractors
The state’s emergency rules allow Gov. Ron DeSantis to suspend state laws and a competitive bidding process to award millions ...