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A family's fishing trip ends with the dad at 'Alligator Alcatraz.' Here's their story
Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly ...
Florida updated agreement on handling detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz,' but a month after it opened
More than a month after Florida opened “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades, the state and ICE signed an updated agreement ...
Florida plans to appeal construction halt at Alligator Alcatraz
On Thursday, a federal judge halted construction for two weeks at Alligator Alcatraz, the mass migrant detention center near ...
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Is Worse Than You Realize
Erected on an abandoned airstrip known as the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, the temporary tent city was ...
Alligator Alcatraz could cause Florida panther habitat loss, expert says in court
The endangered Florida panther could lose thousands of acres of core territory in the Everglades due to operations at the ...
Three candidates for governor push ideas for SC’s own ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Three candidates for South Carolina governor have now suggested the Palmetto State have its own detention center to detain ...
At ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the Biggest Risk Isn’t Alligators
The area around the immigrant detention center, deep in the Everglades, is threatened by hurricanes, extreme heat and even ...