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Environmental concerns could halt construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail

Gov. Ron DeSantis has said the location in the rugged and remote Everglades was meant as a deterrent against escape, much ...

The future of Alligator Alcatraz hangs on one big question

The answer could play a key role in a legal battle over the facility’s fate. And it has bigger implications, too.

Records provide more details about who’s held at Alligator Alcatraz and how long

A month into his detention at Alligator Alcatraz, Daniel Ortiz Piñeda faced a stark choice: continue his legal fight for ...
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Split decision in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ case

A federal judge handed down a split decision Aug. 18 in a lawsuit brought by detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz.” ...

Democratic lawmakers demand information about 'Alligator Alcatraz'

In a letter sent late Tuesday to the heads of the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and ...

‘Shut it down.’ Every Sunday, they come to pray outside Alligator Alcatraz

As thunder boomed on an ominous Sunday evening just outside of Alligator Alcatraz, over 200 people — most of them reverends, ...
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Despite change of venue, Alligator Alcatraz plaintiffs argue they've still got the upper hand

Although a federal judge in Miami ordered their case be moved to another Florida district, the ACLU and other plaintiffs ...

‘Psychological warfare’: Internal data shows true nature of Alligator Alcatraz

Putting people in tents in the middle of the Everglades is a great tool to make them give up their cases,” said one ...