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What is Alligator Alcatraz? What will be its potential impact on Everglades, immigrants?
A proposed immigrant detention center in the Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" is drawing criticism for its potential ...
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Alligator Alcatraz: Friends of the Everglades files lawsuit to block immigration prison
"Gov. Ron DeSantis has plowed ahead with developing the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport ... in hopes of ...
Florida’s New ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Prison Almost Makes Me Miss the Days When Pam Bondi Was in Charge
However, the big story in local politics this week was the stunning victory of Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic mayoral ...
Environmental groups file suit in hopes of stopping Alligator Alcatraz center
Groups filed a lawsuit against the state and ICE to "halt the unlawful construction of a prison in the heart of the ...
“This is all very dark,” Orlando lawmaker weighs in on anticipated Alligator Alcatraz
Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit aiming to stop construction of the detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” ...
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Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center isn't funded by FEMA hurricane money
Florida and federal officials announced the state will build a new immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades, and because the facility will be partly funded by the ...
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Alligator Alcatraz starting to take shape on the edge of sacred ceremony grounds
Alligator Alcatraz is the brainchild of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, one of Gov. Ron DeSantis' most valuable ...
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"Alligator Alcatraz" Proposed For Abandoned Airport Project Inside Big Cypress National Preserve
Earlier this month, just a week after Florida Attorney General James Uthemeir announced on his X account that the state would ...