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How did Alligator Alcatraz emerge in the Everglades? See what unfolded
In pursuit of immigration enforcement, the DeSantis administration quickly seized Everglades land to construct the center. A ...
Immigrants describe worms in food, fecal flooding at Alligator Everglades detention site
Detainees are said to go days without showering or getting prescription medicine, and they are only able to speak by phone to ...
Does Alligator Alcatraz have ‘zero impact’ on Everglades? | Fact check
PolitiFact | Gov. Ron DeSantis did not provide evidence showing how state agencies or officials determined the facility has ...
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Democrats describe ‘really disturbing’ conditions after Everglades immigrant detention center tour
U.S. Democratic representatives characterized the state-run immigrant detention center in the Everglades as a cruel and ...
What happened and when with Everglades detention camp, AKA Alligator Alcatraz? A timeline
J une 19 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announces plans for a migrant detention center in the Everglades via X. The ...
Members of Miccosukee Tribe, Everglades residents decry Alligator Alcatraz as threat to land and culture
Cited concerns included light pollution, saying the bright lights from the facility are diminishing the internationally ...
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US Army Corps voices 'concerns' about proposed rock mine's impact on Everglades restoration
Environmentalists opposed to plans to construct a rock quarry in western Palm Beach County now have a federal agency ...
Detainees and legislators report inhumane conditions at Florida concentration camp in Everglades
Two weeks after President Donald Trump toured the new detention facility in South Florida swampland, hundreds of immigrants, ...