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Congressional Democrats seek to defund Alligator Alcatraz. ‘No cages in the Everglades.’
Democratic members of the Florida congressional delegation want to stop federal money from flowing to what they described as ...
Alligator Alcatraz is a "huge step backward," native tribal leader warns
A tribal leader told Newsweek that he and members in the Big Cypress National Preserve of Florida, which is adjacent to the ...
Florida Democrats introduce bill to close Alligator Alcatraz
A group of Florida Democrats in Congress introduced a bill to cut off funding for Alligator Alcatraz and any immigration ...
Florida Democrats file bill to block federal funds to Alligator Alcatraz
Dubbed the "No Cages in the Everglades Act," the six-page bill was sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston ...
Insects and sewer water: the alleged conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Interviews with several news outlets have documented everything from insect infestations to widespread problems with plumbing ...
Alligator Alcatraz in Florida: Are Everglades gators, pythons a danger to humans?
Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with dangerous ...
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PolitiFact FL: It's not just the ‘worst of the worst’ criminals in Alligator Alcatraz, as officials said
Some people detained at the facility have violent criminal histories. But data and news reports about the first month’s ...
Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz is preventing attorney access, lawsuit says
A class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that people held at the immigrant-detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz ...
A teen ended up at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz detention center
In the rush to open a detention camp in the Florida Everglades for “some of the most vicious” migrants illegally in the ...
The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center
Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of ...
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida wants to join a federal lawsuit against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction and ...
Kristi Noem says other unnamed states are in the process of building Alligator Alcatraz-style facilities
At least five Republican governors are reportedly considering building large-scale immigration detention centers modeled ...