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What is Alligator Alcatraz? What will be it's potential impact on Everglades, immigrants?
A proposed immigrant detention center in the Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" is drawing criticism for its potential ...
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DeSantis doubles down on his support of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and Camp Blanding deporation facilities
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday doubled down on his assertion that a temporary detention center being constructed at an ...
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DeSantis defends 'Alligator Alcatraz' plan and brushes off environmental concerns
Gov. Ron DeSantis said he believes people are trying to use the Everglades as a "pretext" for opposing immigration ...
Tribal nations band together to denounce 'Alligator Alcatraz' on Florida ancestral homelands
Tribal nations with ancestral ties to the land are denouncing the development of 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Big Cypress National ...
Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Sparks Major Concern as Construction Begins: ‘An Obscene Human Rights Violation’
The detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its location, was spearheaded by Florida Attorney General James ...
‘Alligator Alcatraz' airport has a long runway. Can it launch deportation flights?
Dade County over the weekend to build a detainment camp could be the last stop in the United States for some undocumented ...
The history of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' airstrip and how Palm Beach County was involved
The little-used airstrip in the Everglades that the state is using to build a detention center for immigrants, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," is part of a storied history involving Palm Beach County at ...
Alligator Alcatraz starting to take shape on the edge of sacred ceremony grounds
Alligator Alcatraz is the brainchild of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, one of Gov. Ron DeSantis' most valuable ...