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Report: ICE wasted taxpayer money on Alligator Alcatraz with no contract

MIAMI — A new report by a congressional accountability watchdog found the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement squandered taxpayer dollars on “unsuccessful detention initiatives,” including the Everglades detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz. The report revealed that the DeSantis administration operated the facility without proper…

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