Alligator Alcatraz contractor gave big to Miami-Dade commissioners this spring

By Douglas Hanks

June 19, 2026

This spring, a company helping run Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention camp was the top donor to incumbents in Miami-Dade County government, according to a Miami Herald analysis.

The bulk of the donations went to Commissioner Oliver Gilbert, a Democrat running in the primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson in the 24th Congressional District. CDR gave his political committee, Common Voices, $70,000.

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