Alligator Alcatraz detention center in Florida
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Five Florida state lawmakers who were denied access to a new immigration detention center in the Everglades are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis.
A hastily constructed immigration detention center in eastern Collier County has several people talking about safety concerns within and around what is dubbed Alligator Alcatraz. As signs for Alligator Alcatraz were posted at the facility and as far away as Everglades City,
Two environmental charities on Friday filed a lawsuit at a Miami federal court attempting to block the opening of a new migrant processing facility at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the Florida Everglades, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" by some Republicans.
The situation surrounding “Alligator Alcatraz” continues to unfold, with legal battles and public opinion shaping the narrative around this controversial facility. Submit a Correction Submit a ...
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DOJ pushes back against environmental legal challenge to 'Alligator Alcatraz' in the EvergladesFriends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit last week, accompanied by the request for a temporary restraining order, to halt the immigrant detention center.
Environmental groups sued to block the detention center, calling it "not only cruel," but also a threat to the "ecosystem that state and federal taxpayers have spent billions to protect.”
The construction of “Alligator Alcatraz” is a major political milestone for the Florida governor, whose allies and critics both say harbors further ambitions of taking his brand national after ...
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