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On Pivotal Day for His Bill, Trump Leaves Washington for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

President Trump’s visit to the migrant detention center in the Everglades was meant to highlight the issue that binds his party to him more than anything else — immigration.

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President Trump touring a migrant detention center in southern Florida on Tuesday.

Florida Builds ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center for Migrants in Everglades

Immigrant advocates said the move creates a whole new form of detention outside the scope of the federal government.

© Erik Freeland for The New York Times

The Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, in the Florida Everglades, in 2019. Florida officials now plan to hold migrants in detention there.
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