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Trump will visit a remote immigration detention site in the Florida Everglades

Headline from The Republic, on the newest of 2 developments

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is making a day trip to Florida’s Everglades on Tuesday for a firsthand look at a new immigration detention facility that the White House suggests will be especially secure given that it is “surrounded by alligators.

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  1. 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention site in Everglades draws protests

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  2. Newest

    Trump will visit a remote immigration detention site in the Florida Everglades

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  1. The Daily Caller

    ‘People I Know Are In Tears’: Hundreds Gather To Protest Constructing Immigrant Detention Center ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Hundreds of people lined a Florida highway Saturday to protest the construction of an immigrant detention center dubbed

  2. UPI

    'Alligator Alcatraz' detention site in Everglades draws protests (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Several hundred demonstrators protested plans for an immigration detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," that is being constructed on an abandoned airstrip in Florida's Everglades.

  3. KRDO

    Trump visitará "Alligator Alcatraz" con DeSantis, Noem y Donalds (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    Por Kit Maher, CNN en Español La secretaria de prensa de la Casa Blanca, Karoline Leavitt, confirmó que el presidente Donald Trump visitará los Everglades

  4. Legitgov

  5. CBS News

    Trump to attend opening of "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in Florida, DeSantis says (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said President Trump is "very excited" to visit a facility that state officials are calling "Alligator Alcatraz."

  6. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Trump visitará "Alligator Alcatraz" con DeSantis, Noem y Donalds | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    Por Kit Maher, CNN en Español La secretaria de prensa de la Casa Blanca, Karoline Leavitt, confirmó que el presidente Donald Trump visitará los Everglades

  7. UPI

    Trump to visit so-called 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center in Everglades (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    President Donald Trump plans Tuesday to visit the opening of an immigration detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," on an abandoned airstrip in Florida's Everglades.

  8. Local News 8

    Se espera que Trump visite el centro de detención de inmigrantes "Alligator Alcatraz" el martes (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    Por Kit Maher, CNN Se espera que el presidente Donald Trump asista el martes a la inauguración de un centro de detención de inmigrantes en los Everglades de Florida, conocido como “Alligator Alcatraz”, según un funcionario de la Casa Blanca.

  9. NOTUS

    Trump’s Administration Goes All In on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ (opens NOTUS)

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    NOTUS's feed description

    The president is visiting the site for the temporary immigration detention center Tuesday.

  10. Tampa Bay Times

    Trump to visit Florida for opening of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center (opens Tampa Bay Times)

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    Tampa Bay Times's feed description

    Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the president’s visit during a news conference.

  11. The Daily Signal

    Trump Tours Florida’s New Illegal-Alien ‘Alcatraz,’ Where Guards Take ‘Form of Alligators’ (opens The Daily Signal)

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    The Daily Signal's feed description

    President Donald Trump tours a new illegal-alien detention center referred to “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday.

  12. CNN

    Video: Protesters gather around ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as President Trump visits (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    President Trump toured “Alligator Alcatraz,” a migrant detention center he teamed up with Ron DeSantis to build in the Everglades. CNN’s Isabel Rosales reports from the facility.

  13. The Republic

    Trump will visit a remote immigration detention site in the Florida Everglades (opens The Republic)

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    The Republic's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is making a day trip to Florida’s Everglades on Tuesday for a firsthand look at a new immigration detention facility that the White House suggests will be especially secure given that it is “surrounded by alligators.

  14. KTVZ Bend

    ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know about Florida’s new controversial migrant detention facility (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Chelsea Bailey, Isabel Rosales (CNN) — Deep in the marshy wetlands of the Florida Everglades – less than 50 miles west of President Donald Trump’s resort in Miami – sits the latest battleground in his administration’s immigration enforcement efforts: A makeshift detention facility dubbed “Alligat…

  15. The New Republic

    Trump Makes Sick Confession on “Alligator Alcatraz” Detention Center (opens The New Republic)

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    The New Republic's feed description

    Donald Trump tried giving advice to immigrants who don’t want to be eaten by alligators.

  16. Breitbart News

    Watch Live: Donald Trump Visits ‘Alligator Alcatraz' (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    President Donald Trump visits the illegal alien detention center at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, or "Alligator Alcatraz."

  17. Local News 8

    La visita de Trump a un campamento de migrantes apodado "Alligator Alcatraz" evocará oscuros ecos del pasado (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    Análisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN El nombre por sí solo fue suficiente para atraer a Donald Trump a Florida. El presidente se dirige a “Alligator Alcatraz” este martes. El evocador nombre se refiere a un campo de detención, procesamiento y deportación para migrantes indocumentados que surgió en un…

  18. CNN

    Analysis: Trump’s visit to a migrant camp called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will stir dark echoes (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The name alone surely was enough to lure Donald Trump to Florida.

  19. The Daily Caller

  20. PBS NewsHour

    WATCH: Trump speaks after visit to migrant detention facility in Florida Everglades (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    President Donald Trump on Tuesday toured a new immigration detention center surrounded by alligator-filled swamps in the Florida Everglades, suggesting it could be a model for future lockups nationwide as his administration races to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing deportations.

  21. New York Post

    Stark first photos from inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ reveal bleak digs for up to 5,000 migrants (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The first photos of President Donald Trump’s “Alligator Alcatraz” give a bleak inside look at the new migrant center deep in the Florida Everglades — as authorities prepare …

  22. PolitiFact

    Fact-checking Trump’s Alligator Alcatraz statements (opens PolitiFact)

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    PolitiFact's feed description

    President Donald Trump made several misleading statements about immigration after touring Florida’s new Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention site in the Everglades.

  23. KEYT Santa Barbara

    ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know about Florida’s new controversial migrant detention facility | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Chelsea Bailey, Isabel Rosales (CNN) — Deep in the marshy wetlands of the Florida Everglades – less than 50 miles west of President Donald

  24. NPR

    Trump plans to visit Florida's new migrant detention center, 'Alligator Alcatraz' (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that the facility should be "ready for business" by the time Trump visits on Tuesday — despite the protests of pro-immigration, Indigenous and environmental groups.

  25. KEYT Santa Barbara

    La visita de Trump a un campamento de migrantes apodado "Alligator Alcatraz" evocará oscuros ecos del pasado | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    Análisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN El nombre por sí solo fue suficiente para atraer a Donald Trump a Florida.El presidente se dirige a “Alligator

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