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Florida Gov. DeSantis says deportation flights from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ have begun
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says deportation flights carrying detainees from the immigration detention center known as ...
Florida signs $245 million in contracts for ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Here’s a look by the numbers
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has already signed at least $245 million in state contracts to set up and run the ...
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 ...
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ This is what he saw
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.) was among a group of lawmakers given a tour of the controversial immigration detention ...
Kristi Noem says other unnamed states are in the process of building Alligator Alcatraz-style facilities
At least five Republican governors are reportedly considering building large-scale immigration detention centers modeled ...
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Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
More than 100 emails obtained exclusively by Tallahassee-based reporter Kate Payne revealed how local officials in southwest ...
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Mexico president demands release of 14 Mexican nationals locked up in Alligator Alcatraz
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is pressing the Trump administration to repatriate 14 Mexican nationals being held at ...
Florida signs $245 million in contracts for 'Alligator Alcatraz' | By the numbers
Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ administration has already signed contracts to pay at least $245 million to set up and run the new ...
Philanthropist Wendy Schmidt insists science and immersive media can inspire action for the planet
Philanthropist Wendy Schmidt and her husband, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, have long insisted that the scientific ...
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‘The job is getting done’: Gov. DeSantis shrugs off Alligator Alcatraz criticism
Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a Marco Island event that there won’t be adverse impacts to the Everglades. He’s also not concerned about what Collier County thinks about the quick process to construct the ...