Florida to Close Controversial Alligator Alcatraz Detention Center
TL;DR
Florida plans to shutter the controversial Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention facility by early June, removing detainees by that time and dismantling the site in the following weeks. The closure, coming after years of legal challenges, mounting costs, and accusations of poor conditions, follows state talks with the Trump administration. DHS denied pressuring Florida to close, and it isn't clear where detainees will be relocated as the center—once housing about 1,400 people—faces decommissioning and a return of the airport to normal operations.
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