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Contractors building Alligator Alcatraz have donated money to Florida GOP, DeSantis

The companies and their married chief executives, Carlos Duart and Tina Vidal-Duart, have given a total of $1.9 million to the two state political action committees supporting DeSantis’ bids for governor and to the Republican Party of Florida.

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Florida signs $245 million in contracts for 'Alligator Alcatraz.' Here's a look by the numbers

Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ administration has already signed contracts to pay at least $245 million to set up and run the new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,

USA Today · 21h

Florida backs ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ site, says Everglades lawsuit filed in wrong district

Florida officials argue a lawsuit over the Everglades detention center was filed in the wrong court, as environmental groups seek to halt expansion.

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Immigrant Rights Group Says Its Billboards Opposing Alligator Alcatraz Were Taken Down Under Political Pressure

The Florida Immigrant Coalition's new billboards were restored after being taken down, but why were they removed in the first ...

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'Alligator Alcatraz' Funded by Taxpayer Money Intended for Florida's Hurricane Response, Disaster Preparedness: Report

Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded $20 million in no-bid contracts, including nearly $500,000 for an emergency radio system that was originally designated for disaster preparedness during the active hurricane ...

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Republican donors and Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ so quickly

Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator Alcatraz." ...

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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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'Alligator Alcatraz' Unpopular Among Americans—Poll

Americans aren't on board with the Everglades detention center, according to a new YouGov poll released Thursday.

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 ...

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Lawmaker says Alligator Alcatraz is an ‘internment camp’ after joint GOP-Dem visit: ‘Packed into cages’

Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who represents Florida's 25th congressional district, said that pictures of the facility ‘don’t do it justice’ ...

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Jacksonville firm with $78 million ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ contract has obscure origins: The Tributary

A little-known consulting firm with ties to a prominent Jacksonville business leader landed a $78 million contract earlier ...

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Lawmakers blast possibility children could be sent to Alligator Alcatraz

Florida Democratic lawmakers are traveling to inspect the site as they bristle over the idea of children detained.

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Republican donors and Florida's hurricane know-how helped build ...

Republican donors and Florida's hurricane know-how helped build 'Alligator Alcatraz' so quickly. Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention ...

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