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DeSantis admin doubles down on 'even smaller' immigrant 'torture' cages after outrage

The administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) defiantly said it would make the metal cages used to confine immigrant detainees at "Alligator Alcatraz" even smaller if it could, after a government watchdog found the enclosures to be inhumane and said that they violated Immigration and Customs Enforc...

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