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Florida to detain migrants in new Everglades facility dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility the state is billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – ...
Florida Phoenix5hOpinion
Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Everglades prison ignores both environment and history
Florida’s recently appointed attorney general, James Uthmeier, announced that he had a pretty snazzy idea: Build the state’s ...
Naples Daily News1h
Reporting from Alligator Alcatraz: Citizens react as trucks deliver supplies, fill dirt
News and The News-Press have a reporter and photographer on site today to talk to protesters and follow the progress of the prison.
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DeSantis defends 'Alligator Alcatraz' plan and brushes off environmental concerns
Gov. Ron DeSantis said he believes people are trying to use the Everglades as a "pretext" for opposing immigration ...
Tribal nations band together to denounce 'Alligator Alcatraz' on Florida ancestral homelands
Tribal nations with ancestral ties to the land are denouncing the development of 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Big Cypress National ...
Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Sparks Major Concern as Construction Begins: ‘An Obscene Human Rights Violation’
The detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its location, was spearheaded by Florida Attorney General James ...
What if a hurricane hits ‘Alligator Alcatraz'? Florida drawing up evacuation plan
If they stick to that schedule, detainees will begin arriving in the hottest part of the year for Florida - and the middle of ...