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Trump Tours 'Alligator Alcatraz' but Says Farmers Need a Deportation Pass

2025/7/2
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President Trump: 我认为我们希望在更多州看到这样的设施。它们建起来很快，而且选址非常棒，可能和真正的恶魔岛一样好。这表明我们正在认真对待边境安全问题，并希望阻止非法移民进入美国。 Manet Ukebarua: 特朗普总统希望增加这种拘留能力有两个主要原因：实际需求和政治象征意义。实际需求是指需要拘留非法进入美国的移民和寻求庇护者，而政治象征意义是指试图制造一种威慑因素，让非法移民害怕进入美国。我认为“鳄鱼岛监狱”是满足联邦政府拘留需求的一个例子，同时也传递了一个强烈的威慑信息。 Alicia Finley: 我认为特朗普的举动是政治作秀，旨在产生威慑效果，同时也反映了移民和海关执法系统长期以来对更多拘留能力的需求。长期存在的问题是，ICE缺乏拘留所有应该拘留的人的能力。只要德桑蒂斯州长承诺提供空调并人道对待这些人，在佛罗里达州或其他地方设立拘留场所是可以接受的。

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President Trump toured a new Florida immigration detention facility nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz." This facility, capable of housing up to 5,000 migrants, aims to alleviate burdens on state law enforcement and offers a glimpse into Trump's immigration policies.
  • A new immigration detention facility in Florida, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz", can house up to 5,000 migrants.
  • The facility is intended to alleviate burdens on state law enforcement agencies.
  • President Trump's visit was part of an immigration roundtable.
  • The site's location in the Everglades is considered advantageous due to its natural security features.

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Donald Trump visits a new immigration detention site in Florida dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” while saying more such facilities are needed to carry out his mass-deportation plan. Yet the president also says that farmers, and perhaps other businesses, need a "temporary pass" system that would let them keep reliable migrant workers who might be in the country illegally.

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