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Environmental concerns could halt construction at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center

The fate of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” hung in the balance ...

Judge concludes hearing on halting ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction over environmental concerns without an immediate ruling

The fate of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” hung in the balance ...

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detainees Allege Disease, Flooding at Florida Facility

In a legal filing Wednesday, detainees at Alligator Alcatraz and their lawyers allege the tent camp on an airstrip in the ...

Judge set to decide on Alligator Alcatraz, groups argue irreparable harm to Everglades

A decision about halting construction and operation at Alligator Alcatraz is expected before the end of the day.

Inside One Native American Tribe’s Fight Against The ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Camp

When President Donald Trump toured Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention camp on July 1, he cast its ...
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Federal judge will decide if ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ can remain open

Months of debate has left the future of the ICE detention facility known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the hands of a federal ...

Gator devours massive python in Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz

An alligator made a meal out of an invasive Burmese python at Shark Valley in the Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz, an ICE detention center ...

Some "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees are DACA recipients and have no criminal history, despite Trump's "worst of the worst" claims

Some "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees are among the more than half a million recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA.