‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigrant detention facility set to open, with Trump in attendance
Trump will be in the Florida Everglades today for the opening of a controversial immigrant detention center spearheaded by state Republican leaders, which has faced vocal pushback from Democrats, Native American leaders and activist groups over humanitarian and environmental concerns.
The facility, informally dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by state Republicans, was the brainchild of state Attorney General James Uthmeier. It has received significant national attention, including during a “Fox and Friends” interview with Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday.
DeSantis described the push as Florida’s continued effort to align the state with Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown. But Trump’s decision to attend in person, along with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, has shifted some of the focus to the administration, which had to approve Florida’s plan to run the facility.
Here’s what’s in the Senate’s version of the ‘big, beautiful bill’
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Trump’s sweeping domestic policy package that’s moving through the Senate would affect virtually every American, overhauling tax, health care and energy policy.
It renews the tax cuts Trump signed into law in his first term and pays for them in part with steep cuts to Medicaid, food aid programs and clean energy funding.
But the sprawling package — which is likely to face substantial changes before a final vote in the Senate — also touches on a range of other policy issues, from artificial intelligence and space exploration to immigration.
