The Overlooked Canadian Role in Trump’s Migrant Crackdown | The Walrus

Experts say subsidiaries are operating abroad with little accountability

Donald Trump tours Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Florida. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo) O n August 21, the Federal District Court in Miami ordered the closure of the Florida detention centre known as Alligator Alcatraz. Two weeks later, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled to pause that lower court decision. Alligator Alcatraz—and all the controversy surrounding it—was resurrected. Built in just eight days in the Everglades wetlands, the facility was intended to hold up to 5,000 federal immigration detainees. In July, around 1,800 people were confined there in groups of t

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