Alligator Alcatraz detention center in Florida
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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,
Five Florida state lawmakers who were denied access to a new immigration detention center in the Everglades are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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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WWSB Tampa on MSNDOJ 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.
Here’s everything you need to know about “Alligator Alcatraz”: Where is it? The detention facility sits deep within Florida’s Everglades, roughly 50 miles west of coastal Miami.