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Inside Florida's Alligator Alcatraz: What we know about the immigrant detention center
How many inmates at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz? How many people in a cell? Where do they eat? Who works there? Is there air ...
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 ...
As Alligator Alcatraz adds more pavement, environmentalists add to legal complaints
In a newly filed legal notice, environmental groups accused the government agencies of ignoring even more environmental ...
Miami Archbishop Condemns ‘Unbecoming’ Officials Who Cheer On ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
It is alarming to see enforcement tactics that treat all irregular immigrants as dangerous criminals,” one high-ranking ...
Detainees describe worms in food, sewage near beds inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Attorneys, advocates, detainees and families are speaking out about what they say are miserable conditions inside Florida's ...
Alligator Alcatraz lights up Big Cypress National Preserve’s dark sky
DarkSky International in 2016 designated Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve as the nation’s first preserve to achieve ...
Miami-Dade mayor seeks ongoing access to Alligator Alcatraz: "I need a team of experts"
The mayor's request comes as state and federal lawmakers prepare to tour the remote facility this weekend, amid growing ...
‘Gravely concerned’: Miami-Dade County mayor presses for access to Alligator Alcatraz
Amid allegations of deplorable conditions in Alligator Alcatraz, mayor of Miami-Dade County asks the feds and state ...
Florida Dems slam "sanitized" tour of Alligator Alcatraz; Miami-Dade mayor told "no access"
The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) has invited members of Congress and state legislators to a scheduled ...
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.
Is Alligator Alcatraz the official name of the Florida immigrant detention center?
"Alligator Alcatraz" is the name posted in front of the hastily converted immigrant detention facility in the Florida ...
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Miami archbishop blasts ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ ‘corrosive’ rhetoric targeting immigrants
Miami’s top Catholic leader is speaking out about the state’s “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention center, calling it alarming and “intentionally provocative.” ...