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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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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 lawmakers who were denied access to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ sue Gov. DeSantis
Five Florida state lawmakers who were denied access to a new immigration detention center in the Everglades are suing Gov.
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Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said
But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.  President Donald Trump, federal officials and ...
‘Alligator Alcatraz' timeline: Everglades detention center from beginning to now
Florida’s immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands went from a video on X to reality in a matter of ...
Lawmakers visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being blocked
Democratic lawmakers are condemning Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after making a state-arranged visit.