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Everglades Alcatraz rose without a review or citizen input. Nonprofits are fighting back
Truck traffic, blazing lights, sewage: 55 years later, Alligator Alcatraz steamrolls Marjory Stoneman Douglas-led effort to ...
Aerial video shows the immigration detention center in Florida Everglades
The first group of immigrants has arrived at the center in the Florida Everglades. It was built in eight days and could ...
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First immigration detainees arrive at center in Everglades
The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” a spokesperson for Republican state Attorney General ...
Largest group of flamingos in a decade spotted in Florida Everglades
Mark Ian Cook, a wildlife and scientific photographer, wrote on Facebook that he saw the group of 115 birds late last week.
First of 3,000 immigration detainees arrive at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Everglades
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis says the facility will have a capacity of about 3,000 detainees when fully operational.
Democrats blocked from inspecting Florida’s controversial Everglades detention site
A group of Florida Democratic lawmakers was denied access to a newly opened migrant detention and deportation facility in the ...
Detention center driving out wildlife, damaging Everglades, critics contend
The sales pitch for erecting a detention center for detainees in the heart of the Everglades is the swamp and creatures ...
Workers install ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ sign outside new immigration detention center in the Everglades
A video shared with the Associated Press overnight on Wednesday shows Florida workers installing a new sign labeled ...