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Top Florida official says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will likely be empty within days, email shows

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and the federal government fight a judge’s order to shutter the facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by late October. That’s according to…

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The ‘big beautiful bill’ would supercharge Trump’s immigration crackdown. Here’s how, in 6 charts.

Republicans are on the brink of handing President Trump an enormous injection of money to fund his hard-line immigration agenda. The “big beautiful bill,” which is facing what could be its final legislative hurdle in the House of Representatives, includes roughly $170 billion in additional funding to supercharge Trump’s mass deportation efforts and ramp up…

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