Five of the contractors Florida has employed to build and operate Alligator Alcatraz ⁠— the controversial immigration detention site in the Everglades ⁠— have links to allegations of improper business practices and misuse of public funds, a Miami Herald review of legal records found.

One of the firms allegedly allowed armed Mexican nationals with no legal immigration status to be brought into the United States by a subcontractor to provide security for its work in building a border wall as part of a federal contract. Another recently agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement addressing allegations that it had sold to the U.S. federal government products made in prohibited countries like China. A third shares top executives with two businesses that were accused by ex-employees of filing i

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