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ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ


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Florida officials didnโ€™t disclose funding request for โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ facility, lawsuit says

Read full article: Florida officials didnโ€™t disclose funding request for โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ facility, lawsuit says

Florida officials have been accused of failing to disclose their application for federal reimbursement for an immigration detention center in the Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz."

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Florida officials didn't disclose funding request for 'Alligator Alcatraz' facility, lawsuit says

Read full article: Florida officials didn't disclose funding request for 'Alligator Alcatraz' facility, lawsuit says

Florida officials have been accused of failing to disclose their application for federal reimbursement for an immigration detention center in the Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz."

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DOJ contradicts DeSantis: Some detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz' likely never in removal proceedings

Read full article: DOJ contradicts DeSantis: Some detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz' likely never in removal proceedings

U.S. government lawyers say detainees at the Florida Everglades immigration detention center, known as "Alligator Alcatraz," likely include people who have never been in removal proceedings.

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Feds approve Florida for a $608 million โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ reimbursement

Read full article: Feds approve Florida for a $608 million โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ reimbursement

Federal officials have confirmed Florida's approval for a $608 million reimbursement for building and running an immigration detention center in the Everglades.

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Inside โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™: Color-coded uniforms, 5:30 am breakfast and strict rules

Read full article: Inside โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™: Color-coded uniforms, 5:30 am breakfast and strict rules

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades are given color-coded uniforms and segregated based on criminal history and flight risk.

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DeSantis' step toward victory on 'Alligator Alcatraz' sets up a funding dilemma for Florida

Read full article: DeSantis' step toward victory on 'Alligator Alcatraz' sets up a funding dilemma for Florida

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a dilemma over the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades.

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โ€˜My baby needs his dadโ€™: Cuban-American mother struggles to contact husband believed to be at โ€˜Deportation Depotโ€™

Read full article: โ€˜My baby needs his dadโ€™: Cuban-American mother struggles to contact husband believed to be at โ€˜Deportation Depotโ€™

A Cuban-American woman who spoke to News4JAX said that her husband was taken into custody in Broward County. She said she and her husband spent time living in Jacksonville and Miami.

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โ€˜Deportation Depotโ€™ has opened in Baker County, now housing 117 detainees, DeSantis tells Fox News

Read full article: โ€˜Deportation Depotโ€™ has opened in Baker County, now housing 117 detainees, DeSantis tells Fox News

Ron DeSantis appeared on Fox News last night and announced that the Deportation Depot in Baker County is now open.

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Gov. DeSantis says โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ is โ€˜open for businessโ€™ after appeals court halts judgeโ€™s order to shut it down

Read full article: Gov. DeSantis says โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ is โ€˜open for businessโ€™ after appeals court halts judgeโ€™s order to shut it down

A federal appeals court panel has put on hold a lower court judgeโ€™s order to wind down operations of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€.

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Appeals court panel stops order to wind down operations at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Everglades

Read full article: Appeals court panel stops order to wind down operations at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Everglades

A federal appeals court panel has put on hold a lower court judgeโ€™s order to wind down operations of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€.

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Alligator Alcatraz is not getting new detainees, but site keeps โ€˜runningโ€™ despite judgeโ€™s shutdown order, DeSantis says

Read full article: Alligator Alcatraz is not getting new detainees, but site keeps โ€˜runningโ€™ despite judgeโ€™s shutdown order, DeSantis says

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the controversial immigration detention site in South Florida, dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatraz,โ€ is still operating and continuing with deportations, despite a judge issuing an order for the facility to shut down.

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Florida may lose $218M on empty 'Alligator Alcatraz' as judge orders shutdown

Read full article: Florida may lose $218M on empty 'Alligator Alcatraz' as judge orders shutdown

Florida could be on the hook for the $218 million cost of converting an airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center that may soon be empty of detainees.

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Top Florida official says โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ will likely be empty within days, email shows

Read full article: Top Florida official says โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ will likely be empty within days, email shows

A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantisโ€™ administration fights a federal judgeโ€™s order to shutter the facility dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatrazโ€ by a late October deadline.

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Feds fight to keep โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ open amid legal battle as 3rd challenge is filed

Read full article: Feds fight to keep โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ open amid legal battle as 3rd challenge is filed

The federal government has asked a Miami judge to pause her order to close an immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades, known as "Alligator Alcatraz."

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Florida must stop expanding โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ immigration center, judge says

Read full article: Florida must stop expanding โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ immigration center, judge says

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatrazโ€ as it winds down its operations in 60 days to comply with environmental laws.

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Nebraska announces plan for immigration detention center dubbed the 'Cornhusker Clink'

Read full article: Nebraska announces plan for immigration detention center dubbed the 'Cornhusker Clink'

Nebraska has announced plans for an immigration detention center in the stateโ€™s remote southwest corner as President Donald Trumpโ€™s administration races to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing deportations.

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A dozen people gathered in Gainesville to protest Alligator Alcatraz

Read full article: A dozen people gathered in Gainesville to protest Alligator Alcatraz

Dozens of people gathered Saturday morning in Gainesville to protest Alligator Alcatraz.

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Florida updated agreement on handling detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz,' but a month after it opened

Read full article: Florida updated agreement on handling detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz,' but a month after it opened

Florida's corrections agency and ICE updated an agreement on handling federal immigration detainees, but they did it more than a month after โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ opened.

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Judge considers whether Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center violates environmental law

Read full article: Judge considers whether Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center violates environmental law

A federal judge heard arguments about an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, known as โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€.

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Judge orders Florida, federal officials to produce 'Alligator Alcatraz' agreements

Read full article: Judge orders Florida, federal officials to produce 'Alligator Alcatraz' agreements

A federal judge has ordered officials to produce agreements showing who has legal authority at โ€œAlligator Alcatraz,โ€ an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades.

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โ€˜Almost indentured servitudeโ€™: Gov. DeSantis criticizes H-1B visa program, says it hurts American workers

Read full article: โ€˜Almost indentured servitudeโ€™: Gov. DeSantis criticizes H-1B visa program, says it hurts American workers

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addressed the H-1B visa program during a news conference on Monday, criticizing how certain tech companies lay off American workers only to replace them with H-1B visa holders.

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Attorneys: โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ detainees held without charges, barred from legal access

Read full article: Attorneys: โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ detainees held without charges, barred from legal access

Lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that โ€œAlligator Alcatrazโ€ detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys.

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Deportation flights from Floridaโ€™s โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ detention center have begun, DeSantis says

Read full article: Deportation flights from Floridaโ€™s โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ detention center have begun, DeSantis says

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says deportation flights from the remote Everglades immigration lockup known as Alligator Alcatraz began in the past few days.

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โ€˜Debunking a lot of the nonsenseโ€™: DeSantis touts โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ amid allegations of poor conditions

Read full article: โ€˜Debunking a lot of the nonsenseโ€™: DeSantis touts โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ amid allegations of poor conditions

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference Friday morning at the immigration center, dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatraz,โ€ in the Florida Everglades.

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Protester goes on expletive-laden tirade, bashes Gov. DeSantis over โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ during news conference

Read full article: Protester goes on expletive-laden tirade, bashes Gov. DeSantis over โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ during news conference

Just three minutes after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis began to speak at a news conference in Bradenton Thursday afternoon, a protestor interrupted him to go on an expletive-laden tirade over โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€

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US government is building a 5,000-person immigrant detention camp in west Texas

Read full article: US government is building a 5,000-person immigrant detention camp in west Texas

The U.S. government is building an immense 5,000-person detention camp in west Texas, government contract announcements said, sharply increasing the Trump administrationโ€™s ability to hold detained immigrants amid its ever-growing mass deportation efforts.

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Florida signs $245 million in contracts for โ€˜Alligator Alcatraz.โ€™ Hereโ€™s a look by the numbers

Read full article: Florida signs $245 million in contracts for โ€˜Alligator Alcatraz.โ€™ Hereโ€™s a look by the numbers

Gov.ย Ron DeSantisย โ€™ administration has already signed contracts to pay at least $245 million to set up and run the newย immigration detention centerย in the Florida Everglades dubbedย โ€œAlligator Alcatraz,โ€ย according to a public database.

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Environmentalistsโ€™ lawsuit to halt โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ filed in wrong court, Florida official says

Read full article: Environmentalistsโ€™ lawsuit to halt โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ filed in wrong court, Florida official says

Floridaโ€™s top emergency official asked a federal judge on Monday to resist a request by environmentalists to halt an immigration detention center known asย โ€œAlligator Alcatrazโ€ย in the middle of the Florida Everglades because their lawsuit was filed in the wrong jurisdiction.

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Jacksonville man files trademark for name โ€˜Alligator Alcatraz,โ€™ says itโ€™s a way to fight against โ€˜hate merchโ€™

Read full article: Jacksonville man files trademark for name โ€˜Alligator Alcatraz,โ€™ says itโ€™s a way to fight against โ€˜hate merchโ€™

A Jacksonville man is filing a trademark Class 28 for the name โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€

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Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Read full article: Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisโ€™ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades.

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Detainees sue Trump administration over conditions at โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™

Read full article: Detainees sue Trump administration over conditions at โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™

Detainees held at Floridaโ€™s controversial immigration detention facility known as โ€œAlligator Alcatrazโ€ are suing the Trump administration, alleging inhumane conditions and unlawful confinement.

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Jacksonville firm with $78 million โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ contract has obscure origins: The Tributary

Read full article: Jacksonville firm with $78 million โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ contract has obscure origins: The Tributary

A little-known consulting firm with ties to a prominent Jacksonville business leader landed a $78 million contract earlier this month to provide a raft of critical services at a pop-up immigration detention center in Big Cypress National Preserve, which Florida officials have aggressively marketed as โ€œAlligator Alcatraz,โ€ according to a report from The Tributary, a Jacksonville nonprofit newsroom.

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DeSantis says he wants โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ to be filled before moving forward with Camp Blandingโ€™s detention site plans

Read full article: DeSantis says he wants โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ to be filled before moving forward with Camp Blandingโ€™s detention site plans

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday he wants the detention facility, dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatraz,โ€ to be at full capacity before moving forward with the plans to turn Camp Blanding into an immigration detention site.

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Local state rep calls for transparency amid questions about planned ICE detention facility at Camp Blanding

Read full article: Local state rep calls for transparency amid questions about planned ICE detention facility at Camp Blanding

Florida State Representative Angie Nixon (D-Jacksonville) is calling for more transparency regarding the planned Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at Camp Blanding in Clay County.

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Detainees describe worms in food, sewage near beds inside โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™

Read full article: Detainees describe worms in food, sewage near beds inside โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™

People held at the brand new Florida immigration detention center that officials have dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatrazโ€ say worms turn up in the food, toilets donโ€™t flush and floors flood with fecal waste.

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LIVE: Immigrant rights advocates plan protest against construction of detention facility at Camp Blanding

Read full article: LIVE: Immigrant rights advocates plan protest against construction of detention facility at Camp Blanding

The plan to build an immigration detention facility at Camp Blanding in Clay County is meeting with community pushback on the heels of the opening of Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades.

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1 week after being denied access, local state rep gets invite to tour Alligator Alcatraz amid reports of poor conditions

Read full article: 1 week after being denied access, local state rep gets invite to tour Alligator Alcatraz amid reports of poor conditions

About one week after Florida State Rep. Angie Nixon (D-Jacksonville) said she was denied access to the controversial immigration facility in the Everglades known as โ€œAlligator Alcatraz,โ€ the local politician said she has now been invited for a โ€œtourโ€ of the facility.

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State is selecting vendors for construction of Camp Blandingโ€™s ICE detention site, DeSantis says

Read full article: State is selecting vendors for construction of Camp Blandingโ€™s ICE detention site, DeSantis says

Construction is expected to begin soon on a new ICE detention center in Clay County. The site at Camp Blanding near the Clay County-Bradford County line is being developed to hold about 2,000 people awaiting immigration hearings or deportation, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

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A local state rep. went to โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ to ensure detainees are being โ€˜treated humanely.โ€™ She was denied access

Read full article: A local state rep. went to โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ to ensure detainees are being โ€˜treated humanely.โ€™ She was denied access

Florida State Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, said on Thursday she was denied access to the newly opened immigration detention center dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatrazโ€ in South Florida.

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MAGA faithful cheer Trump for pausing Ukraine weapons after bristling at Iran strikes

Read full article: MAGA faithful cheer Trump for pausing Ukraine weapons after bristling at Iran strikes

President Donald Trump is getting praise from his most ardent supporters for withholding some weapons from Ukraine after they recently questioned his commitment to keeping the U.S. out of foreign conflicts.

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Republican donors and Florida's hurricane know-how helped build 'Alligator Alcatraz' so quickly

Read full article: Republican donors and Florida's hurricane know-how helped build 'Alligator Alcatraz' so quickly

Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator Alcatraz."

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First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades

Read full article: First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades

The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€.

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Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center is set to receive its first group of immigrants

Read full article: Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center is set to receive its first group of immigrants

The first group of immigrants are set to arrive at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€.

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Construction for Camp Blandingโ€™s ICE detention site could start next week. Hereโ€™s what needs to get done before it opens

Read full article: Construction for Camp Blandingโ€™s ICE detention site could start next week. Hereโ€™s what needs to get done before it opens

After the controversial โ€œAlligator Alcatrazโ€ detention center officially opened on Tuesday, attention has shifted to the planned facility at Camp Blanding in Clay County, which could begin construction as early as next week.

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ICE detention site at Camp Blanding to house 2,000 detainees, DeSantis says; construction could begin next week

Read full article: ICE detention site at Camp Blanding to house 2,000 detainees, DeSantis says; construction could begin next week

Governor Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday that the ICE detention site planned at Camp Blanding will be able to house 2,000 detainees.

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Florida fights environmentalistsโ€™ bid to halt โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ detention center

Read full article: Florida fights environmentalistsโ€™ bid to halt โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ detention center

As Florida rushed to open a detention center for undocumented immigrants in the Everglades, attorneys for the state Monday argued a judge should reject an attempt by environmental groups to halt the project dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€

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โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™: Trump to attend Everglades immigration detention center opening on Tuesday, DeSantis says

Read full article: โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™: Trump to attend Everglades immigration detention center opening on Tuesday, DeSantis says

President Donald Trump is expected to attend the formal opening Tuesday of a new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed on Monday.

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Trump to visit new Florida immigration detention facility

Read full article: Trump to visit new Florida immigration detention facility

President Donald Trump is planning to visit a new immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday.

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Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™

Read full article: Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™

The Florida immigration detention site dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatrazโ€ is being met by opposition from a range of groups concerned with its impacts on local Native American tribes, the Everglades ecosystem and human rights for migrants.

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Not just 'Alligator Alcatraz': DeSantis floats building another immigration detention center

Read full article: Not just 'Alligator Alcatraz': DeSantis floats building another immigration detention center

Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the stateโ€™s aggressive push to support the federal governmentโ€™s crackdown on illegal immigration.

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DeSantis: Camp Blanding among locations considered for ICE detention facility, similar to โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ plans

Read full article: DeSantis: Camp Blanding among locations considered for ICE detention facility, similar to โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ plans

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday that Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Clay County is among the locations being considered for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility.

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