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Environmentalists’ lawsuit to halt ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ filed in wrong court, Florida official says
Florida's top emergency official says a lawsuit to stop an immigration detention center known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the ...
Detained immigrants at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say there are worms in food and wastewater on the floor
People held at the brand new Florida immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” say worms ...
Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that ...
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Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said
On July 16, days after the first media investigations about sparse criminal backgrounds among the population were published, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., characterized the migrants at Alligator Alcatraz ...
Lawmakers visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being blocked
Democratic lawmakers are condemning Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after making a state-arranged visit.
Florida nonprofits, doctors, families of detainees call for immediate shutdown of Alligator Alcatraz
Dozens of demonstrators demand closure of Alligator Alcatraz 01:56. Several Florida nonprofits, medical professionals, public ...