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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 ...
What to know about ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Florida’s immigration detention site in the Everglades
An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and ...
Florida to detain migrants in new Everglades facility dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility the state is billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – ...
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 ...
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Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Everglades prison ignores both environment and history
Florida’s recently appointed attorney general, James Uthmeier, announced that he had a pretty snazzy idea: Build the state’s ...
Florida Builds ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center for Migrants in Everglades
Immigrant advocates said the move creates a whole new form of detention outside the scope of the federal government.
Florida seizes Everglades land to house detained migrants in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The detention center represents a new, expanded front in the harsh optics deployed to dissuade migrants from entering the ...