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President Trump vetoes two bipartisan bills that directly affect Colorado and Florida for what opponents call "retribution". (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Trump veto bills may be "retribution"

CK Smith
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on August 8, 2024. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

"Alligator Alcatraz" may cost Fla. $218M

Blaise Malley
A Florida prison corridor is lined with jail cells (Getty Images)

Florida's cruel and unusual punishment

Tanya Rey
Mary Kay burns incense at the entrance to the state-managed immigration detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the Florida Everglades on August 03, 2025 in Ochopee, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Ex-employee exposes "Alligator Alcatraz"

Garrett Owen
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In an aerial view from a helicopter, the migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," is seen located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on July 4, 2025 in Ochopee, Florida. (Alon Skuy/Getty Images)

An inside look at "Alligator Alcatraz"

CK Smith
Beds are seen inside a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty Images)

ICE makes migrants eat "like dogs"

Garrett Owen
Beds are seen inside a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty Images)

Alligator Alcatraz in terrible state

Cheyenne McNeill
President Donald Trump tours a migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in Ochopee, Florida on July 1, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Many "Alcatraz" detainees have no record

Garrett Owen
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US President President Donald Trump visits a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds)

Alligator Alcatraz conditions "horrible"

Cheyenne McNeill
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem after touring a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, Ochopee, Florida, July 1, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Alligator Alcatraz: An American story

Andrew O'Hehir
Floridians protest the construction of an immigration detention center in the Everglades, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" (GIORGIO VIERA / AFP via Getty Images)

Trouble already at "Alligator Alcatraz"

CK Smith
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