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Report finds 'Alligator Alcatraz' held immigrants in cages the size of phone booths
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from NBC News · North America
A report from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general found that some immigrants detained at the now-shuttered "Alligator Alcatraz" were at times confined to cages roughly the size of a phone booth. NBC News' Julia Ainsley has details on the report's findings.
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