3 d. ago Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ tour was a calculated celebration of the dystopian

The detention center visit seemed to represent a landmark in a defining issue since even before his first term: migrationDonald Trump’s tour of the bloodcurdlingly monikered – and hastily constructed – “Alligator Alcatraz” migrants detention center in Florida’s Everglades had the hallmarks of a calculatedly provocative celebration of the dystopian.Accompanied by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis and a phalanx of journalists, the US president saw only virtue in the vista of mesh fencing, barbed wire and forbidding steel bunk beds. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Cannibal 'ate himself on flight' after boarding plane to be deported from US

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem relayed the story on Tuesday while touring a migrant detention centre in Florida's Everglades, which has been dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz"

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3 d. ago Photos of Trump touring an immigration detention center dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz'

President Donald Trump toured a newly built immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades surrounded by alligator-filled swamps and nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz.” He praised it as a model for future nationwide facilities aimed at accelerating deportations, including possibly deporting U.S. citizens.

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3 d. ago Did Trump nab his Hannibal Lecter? At ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, Kristi Noem says ICE ‘detained a cannibal’

A DHS spokesperson says the alleged flesh-craving detainee was deported to Guatemala recently

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3 d. ago What is Alligator Alcatraz? Donald Trump visits unsettling Florida migrant camp

The President and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took questions standing in front of cages where migrants will be held

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4 d. ago Trump flying down to open Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center Tuesday

White House confirmed the president and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem will christen controversial migrant lockup

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5 d. ago Kristi Noem secretly accepted huge sum of money from mystery donor

Noem received the funds from a nonprofit called American Resolve Policy Fund, a so-called dark money group, while serving as Governor of South Dakota in 2023

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6 d. ago Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose 'Alligator Alcatraz'

The Florida immigration detention site dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” is being met by opposition from a range of groups concerned with its impacts on local Native American tribes, the Everglades ecosystem and human rights for migrants

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7 d. ago DHS secretary praises Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' plan as agency expands immigration detention

The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because it would house immigration detainees in a facility being built in a Florida swamp

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8 d. ago US signs agreements with Guatemala and Honduras to take asylum seekers

Guatemala and Honduras have signed agreements with the U.S. to accept asylum seekers from other countries

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9 d. ago Honduras, US discuss immigration, security after tense start to relations under Trump administration

Honduras President Xiomara Castro and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem discuss immigration and border security during their first meeting

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1 week ago South Dakota eager for Trump's statue garden near Mount Rushmore despite local opposition

Officials in South Dakota are pushing hard to build President Donald Trump’s proposed National Garden of American Heroes in the Black Hills near Mount Rushmore

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1 week ago Romeo Beckham's ex Kim Turnbull delivers savage dig after split and family rift

Romeo Beckham's ex Kim Turnbull, who he split from earlier this year amid rumours of a rift in his family, has opened up about dealing with being in the spotlight

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1 week ago US senator Alex Padilla criticizes ‘petty’ JD Vance for calling him ‘Jose’

‘He knows my name,’ says California Democrat, as Newsom condemns US vice-president and challenges him to debateJD Vance’s decision to refer to California US senator Alex Padilla by the name of a terrorist conspirator showed how “unserious” the Trump administration is, the lawmaker has said of the vice-president.“He knows my name – he knows my name,” Padilla told MSNBC’s The Weekend on Saturday, 12 days after the FBI forcibly removed him from a 12 June news conference hosted by US homeland security secretary Kristi Noem amid anti-immigration and customs enforcement (Ice) protests in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Dodgers announce $1 million donation to aid families of immigrants affected by federal raids

The Los Angeles Dodgers have donated $1 million to assist families impacted by two weeks of immigration raids in Southern California

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2 w. ago Kristi Noem is released after being rushed to the hospital with an allergic reaction

The Homeland Security secretary was rushed to a Washington D.C. hospital on Tuesday

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2 w. ago Photos of downtown Los Angeles after mayor lifts curfew imposed during protests

Downtown Los Angeles businesses are hoping customers will return after Mayor Karen Bass lifted a curfew she had imposed last week to prevent vandalism and break-ins during nighttime protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

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2 w. ago Kristi Noem rushed to the hospital after suffering from 'allergic reaction'

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was rushed to the hospital by ambulance on Tuesday, CNN first reported.

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2 w. ago Kristi Noem rushed to hospital in an ambulance after allergic reaction, DHS says

Homeland Security secretary is conscious and speaking with staff

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2 w. ago ‘It’s time to wake up’: Padilla recounts being handcuffed at Noem briefing in emotional speech

California senator details being restrained and warns of how democratic norms can slip away when power is uncheckedAlex Padilla took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to deliver a deeply personal speech, formally entering into the congressional record his account of being restrained and forcibly removed as he attempted to ask a question at a press conference held by the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, in Los Angeles last week.In emotional remarks, Padilla described the encounter that he hoped would serve as a “wake up call” for Americans – a warning, he said, of how quickly democratic norms can slip away when dissent is silenced and power is unchecked. Continue reading...

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