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DeSantis Signals Florida Will Gerrymander Its Maps in the Spring
At the behest of Trump, several GOP-led states have redrawn maps to give the party an advantage in next year's midterms.
US Executions May Reach Their Highest Rate Since 2010. Florida Has Had the Most.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed 15 death warrants this year in the state with the second-largest death row population.
Republicans Pushed Hundreds of Bills This Year to Curtail Local Governments
As Trump wages war on US cities, GOP-led states have swiftly passed an array of laws threatening their autonomy.
Florida Awarded $608 Million Grant for Migrant Jails Under FEMA Program
The state will also get $38 million from ICE for equipment and transportation involved in detaining non-citizens.
DHS Plans More State-Run Extrajudicial Black Sites Like “Alligator Alcatraz”
Homeland Security's Kristi Noem mentioned plans to build similar immigration jails in Arizona, Nebraska, and Louisiana.
Being Trans Behind Bars in Florida Was Already Hard. Under Trump, It’s Worse.
Trans people in prison are at the front lines of the increased targeting that trans people are facing under Trump.
Trump-Appointed Judges Block Order to Shut Down “Alligator Alcatraz”
Critics slammed the move, calling the jail an environmental threat that “has been functioning as an extrajudicial site.”
Miccosukee Tribe Lawsuit Challenges Environmental Harm at “Alligator Alcatraz”
“It feels like history is slowly not repeating, but echoing,” tribe secretary William “Popeye” Osceola says.
DeSantis Races to Open Immigrant Detention Camp in Swamp Amid Hurricane Season
Even before “Alligator Alcatraz,” Ron DeSantis had defined his political legacy by gleeful cruelty against immigrants.
Indigenous and Green Groups Protest ICE’s “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades
Florida’s attorney general announced that construction of the jail in the Big Cypress National Preserve had begun.