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Florida governor Ron Desantis, tightens the hands of American president Donald Trump at the Dade-Collier training and transitional airport in Ochopee, Florida, on July 1, 2025. Trump visited the opening of a 5,000-bed detention center in a marshes in Florida Infested Dowbed “Alligator Alcatraz”.
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Florida governor Ron Desantis, tightens the hands of American president Donald Trump at the Dade-Collier training and transitional airport in Ochopee, Florida, on July 1, 2025. Trump visited the opening of a 5,000-bed detention center in a marshes in Florida Infested Dowbed “Alligator Alcatraz”.
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The NPR correspondent Jasmine Garsd recently made several declaration trips to Florida, a state seeing some of the most aggressive immigration applications since President Trump resumed his functions in January. She spoke with children separated from their parents and reported a new massive detention center in the state.
For our series of notebooks of our weekly journalist, Guyd explains what the Florida might look like to understand what the future of immigration application might look like.
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This episode was produced by Kira Wakeam. He was published by Adam Raney and Eric Westervelt. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.




