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immigrants](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/24/alligator-alcatraz-ron-desantis) have passed through the jail since it opened last July, Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, [said](https://apnews.com/article/alligator-alcatraz-desantis-immigrant-detention-florida-2c7565b2b7470941e855bf40c810c5b3) last month. At a press conference on Wednesday, plaintiffs
detained while crossing the India-Bangladesh border from Bangladesh, at Raimura village on the outskirts of Agartala, on January 22, 2019 [Jayanta Deyon/Reuters] ## What’s behind this idea? India’s Hindu majoritarian government