Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz' with Rep. Maxwell Frost

走进“鳄鱼阿尔卡特拉兹”与议员麦克斯韦尔·弗罗斯特

What A Day

2025-07-18

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Alligator Alcatraz, a pop-up immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, has been touted by members of the Trump Administration as an ‘efficient and low cost way’ to carry out the president's mass deportation agenda against ‘criminal illegal aliens.’ But an investigation by the Miami Herald found hundreds of the people at the facility have no criminal convictions or pending charges at all. And according to detainees and staff, the conditions in the makeshift facility are horrible, with reports of floors flooded with waste water, food ridden with worms, and clouds of mosquitos. Florida Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost visited Alligator Alcatraz. He joins us to talk about his experience, and how he thinks Democrats should respond. And in headlines: An Israeli strike hit the only Catholic church in Gaza, Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin slammed Trump’s judicial nominee Emil Bove as “unqualified,’ and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem hinted carry-on liquid limits could change. Show Notes: Call Congress – 202-224-3121Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Friday, July 18th.

  • I'm Jane Costen, and this is What A Day,

  • the show that says absolutely not to Elon Musk's newest AI companion chatbot,

  • which Vice describes as a quote, goth anime waifu who is supposed to be your girlfriend.

  • But don't worry, there's a version for the ladies with an AI bot based on Edward from Twilight.

  • Remember Twilight?

  • This goes to my theory that for President Donald Trump,

  • it's always 1987, and for Elon Musk, it is always 2005.

  • On today's show, an Israeli strike hits the only Catholic church in Gaza.

  • And Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin slams Trump's judicial nominee, Emil Bove, as unqualified.

  • But let's start with immigration.

  • Specifically, let's talk about Alligator Alcatraz.

  • That's a name being used for an immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades.

  • The Trump administration and Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis have been very excited about it

  • since the facility opened earlier this month.

  • The official Twitter account for the Department of Homeland Security even made an AI-generated meme about it,

  • where the alligators are the immigration agents.

  • Get it?

  • Just very tasteful.

  • Here's White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt speaking at a press conference at the end of June.