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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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Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said

On July 16, days after the first media investigations about sparse criminal backgrounds among the population were published, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., characterized the migrants at Alligator Alcatraz ...

First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades

The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed ...
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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 nonprofits, doctors, families of detainees call for immediate shutdown of Alligator Alcatraz

Dozens of demonstrators demand closure of Alligator Alcatraz 01:56. Several Florida nonprofits, medical professionals, public ...

Republican donors and Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ so quickly

Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator Alcatraz." ...