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Miami-Dade County mayor now wants oversight of Florida Everglades' 'Alligator Alcatraz'
The mayor voiced deep and growing concern about the safety of people in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs ...
Giant bugs, heat and a hospitalization: Inside Alligator Alcatraz’s first days
Detainees are telling their families about what it’s like to live in cells inside heavy-duty tents erected on an airstrip in ...
Everglades "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention center to receive first arrivals
"Alligator Alcatraz will be checking in hundreds of criminal illegal aliens tonight," Florida Republican Attorney General ...
Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz': The new migrant detention facility erected at an abandoned Everglades airport
President Donald Trump visits "Alligator Alcatraz," a new detention facility in the Florida Everglades surrounded by ...
Orange County Corrections confirms 'some' incarcerated people have been taken to Alligator Alcatraz
WESH 2 has confirmed people held over the past week in the Orange County jail have been transported to the new Alligator Alcatraz detention facility in the Florida Everglades.
Environmental groups claim paving is happening at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in new court filing
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has previously said there would be no impacts to vegetation and there would be no paving or ...
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Immigration attorney says detainees struggling to access water, medication at Everglades facility
Fraga's account is one of several stories from inmates and attorneys about the detention facility’s challenges during its ...
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Florida Bishop: ‘No Argument’ with Removing Criminals, but ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Is Troubling
A Florida bishop is criticizing recent public statements from public officials supporting a new detention facility for ...