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On the recordJuly 1, 2025
Alligator Alcatraz and other facilities like it will give us the capability to lock up some of the worst scumbags who entered our country under the previous administration.
Said by
Kristi Noem
Republican · South Dakota
Source
cnn.com

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Noem defends the new facility as a means to detain serious criminals.

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