Florida is in preliminary talks with the Trump administration to potentially shut down the costly and criticized Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in the Everglades, as officials deem it ineffective and too expensive to operate, a move that would be celebrated by immigration advocates who have condemned the facilityβs conditions. #ImmigrationReform #DetaineeRights #FloridaPolitics #US
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Federal and State Officials Consider Closing Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Florida is in talks with the Trump administration to shut down a high-profile immigration detention center that opened last summer in the Everglades and has cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars to operate, according to a federal official, a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement official, and a person close to the administration of Gov.