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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 ...
Republican donors and Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ so quickly
Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator ...
Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center is set to receive its first group of immigrants
OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — The first group of immigrants were scheduled to arrive Wednesday night at a new detention center deep in ...
First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the 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 ...
Florida AG says hundreds of immigrants to be jailed at Alligator Alcatraz Wednesday night
Florida AG James Uthmeier tweets that hundreds of immigrants will be 'checking in' to the Alligator Alcatraz detention center ...
Contractors building Alligator Alcatraz have donated money to Florida GOP, DeSantis
The companies and their married chief executives, Carlos Duart and Tina Vidal-Duart, have given a total of $1.9 million to ...
Seminole Tribe of Florida joins opposition to 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Everglades
The Seminole Tribe of Florida joined the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma in ...