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James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 24, 2025

You don't need to invest that much in the perimeter. People get out, there's not much waiting for them other than alligators and pythons.

usatoday.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 24, 2025

We'll have some light infrastructure, a lot of heavy duty tent facilities, trailer facilities.

usatoday.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 24, 2025

A lot of people thought maybe it was just a joke, but we're serious.

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James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 24, 2025

We’ll give them the due process that all these courts say they need.

cnn.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 24, 2025

You don’t need to invest that much in the perimeter. If people get out, there’s not much waiting for them other than alligators and pythons.

cnn.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 23, 2025

I’m proud to help support President Trump and Secretary Noem in their mission to fix our illegal immigration problem once and for all.

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James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 23, 2025

There's really nowhere to go. If you're housed there, if you're detained there, there's no way in, no way out.

cbsnews.com
Liz Murrill
@lizmurrill· LA· Jun 21, 2025

We will immediately seek relief from the full Fifth Circuit and, if necessary, the U.S. Supreme Court.

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James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 21, 2025

If somebody were to get out, there’s nowhere to run, nowhere to hide — only the alligators and pythons are waiting. That’s why I like to call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’

huffpost.com
Liz Murrill
@lizmurrill· LA· Jun 20, 2025

The Constitution does not bar our Legislature's attempt to teach our students what the Supreme Court has repeatedly said: The Ten Commandments have historical significance as a foundation of our legal system.

nbcnews.com
Liz Murrill
@lizmurrill· LA· Jun 20, 2025

We strongly disagree with the Fifth Circuit’s affirmance of an injunction preventing five Louisiana parishes from implementing HB71.

nbcnews.com
Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 20, 2025

It’s immoral – and more importantly, illegal. I’m glad to see the District Court agrees, blocking the President’s latest attempt to circumvent the Constitution and coerce state and local governments into doing his bidding while we continue…

cnn.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 20, 2025

If being held in contempt is what it costs to defend the rule of law and stand firmly behind President Trump’s agenda on illegal immigration, so be it.

msnbc.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 20, 2025

I’m not going to direct law enforcement to stand down on enforcing the Trump agenda and carrying out Florida’s law.

msnbc.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 20, 2025

[I]t is my view that no lawful, legitimate order currently impedes your agencies from continuing to enforce Florida’s new illegal entry and reentry laws.

msnbc.com
Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 20, 2025

President Trump is threatening to withhold critical transportation funds unless states agree to carry out his inhumane and illogical immigration agenda for him.

cbsnews.com
Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 20, 2025

Trump had been treating these funds — funds that go toward improving our roads and keeping our planes in the air — as a bargaining chip.

nbcnews.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 19, 2025

This presents a great opportunity for the state of Florida to work with Miami-Dade and Collier counties.

newsweek.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 19, 2025

People get out, there's not much waiting for them other than alligators and pythons. Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide.

newsweek.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 19, 2025

It presents an efficient, low-cost opportunity to build a temporary detention facility because you don't need to invest that much in the perimeter.

newsweek.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Jun 19, 2025

Alligator Alcatraz: the one-stop shop to carry out President Trump's mass deportation agenda.

newsweek.com
Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Jun 17, 2025

While no amount of money can fully heal the destruction they caused, these funds will save lives and help our communities fight back against the opioid crisis.

cbsnews.com
Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Jun 17, 2025

For decades, the Sacklers put profits over people, and played a leading role in fueling the epidemic of opioid addictions and overdoses.

cbsnews.com