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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.

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 ...
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Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost calls for Alligator Alcatraz closure, labels it an internment camp

Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost held a news conference outside of Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility in the Everglades ...
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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 ...
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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.” ...

Florida to open ‘Deportation Depot’ at shuttered prison weeks after launching ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility

Florida's DeSantis unveils new immigration detention center dubbed 'Deportation Depot' to expand deportations.

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 ...

‘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 ...