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Environmentalists’ lawsuit to halt ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ filed in wrong court, Florida official says

Florida's top emergency official says a lawsuit to stop an immigration detention center known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the ...

Detained immigrants at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say there are worms in food and wastewater on the floor

People held at the brand new Florida immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” say worms ...

Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that ...
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Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said

But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.  President Donald Trump, federal officials and ...

Florida lawmakers who were denied access to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ sue Gov. DeSantis

Five Florida state lawmakers who were denied access to a new immigration detention center in the Everglades are suing Gov.