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Alligator Alcatraz: Kona Ice, Restaurants Clarify After Their Trucks Are Seen at Facility
- On July 2, four different food truck businesses—including one that serves flavored shaved ice, another specializing in Mexican street food, a churro vendor, and a grilled cheese sandwich truck—were seen delivering meals to Alligator Alcatraz, a recently opened immigrant detention center located in the Everglades, Florida.
- The event followed the July 1 opening of Alligator Alcatraz by Governor Ron DeSantis, who described the center as a "one-stop shop" for deportation, a plan that faces environmental and humanitarian criticism.
- The food trucks stated they were hired through third parties and were unaware of the center's political nature, serving primarily active service members and first responders, not participating in any celebration.
- Elote Lovers stated that they do not endorse or participate in any activities involving oppression, mistreatment, or unfairness, and Kona Ice clarified that their trucks are independently owned and apologized for any impression that they were connected to the event’s nature.
- The incident sparked online backlash and calls for boycotts against the franchises, prompting statements clarifying their limited role and intentions at the detention center.
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4 food truck companies respond to backlash for catering at 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Four food truck companies are responding to backlash for participating in a catering event at the migrant detention facility in the Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." A TikTok video shows the four trucks—belonging to Kona Ice, Churromania, Elote Lovers and Ms. Cheezious— rolling into the center on July 2. In the video which has over 400,000…
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