Alligator Alcatraz inspires more immigrant detention facilities

Maria Sandu

Sept. 8 (UPI) -- State officials in Louisiana, Indiana and Nebraska are taking cues from Florida's so-called "Alligator Alcatraz" to expand detention space for immigrants. More than 61,000 immigrants are in detention in the United States as of the latest update on Aug. 24 by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse , a nonpartisan research center at Syracuse University. About 70% of detainees have no criminal convictions. President Donald Trump has claimed through his campaign and into

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