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Critics of 'Alligator Alcatraz' argue it should be shuttered due to environmental concerns
An eight-hour hearing on the future of "Alligator Alcatraz" ended Wednesday with more questions than answers about who runs ...
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Alligator Alcatraz: Future construction stopped for 14 days at Florida ICE facility over environmental issues
A federal judge has halted – at least, temporarily – future construction projects at Alligator Alcatraz, the immigration ...
Trump Administration's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Suffers Legal Blow
A federal judge has temporarily blocked further construction of the Trump administration's "Alligator Alcatraz" detention ...
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Is Worse Than You Realize
Erected on an abandoned airstrip known as the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, the temporary tent city was ...
Alligator Alcatraz could cause Florida panther habitat loss, expert says in court
The endangered Florida panther could lose thousands of acres of core territory in the Everglades due to operations at the ...
Three candidates for governor push ideas for SC’s own ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Three candidates for South Carolina governor have now suggested the Palmetto State have its own detention center to detain ...
Former 'Alligator Alcatraz' worker describes 'inhumane' conditions inside
NBC6 spoke with a former corrections officer who says she saw hundreds of people held in cages with no sunlight, backed up ...
At ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the Biggest Risk Isn’t Alligators
The area around the immigrant detention center, deep in the Everglades, is threatened by hurricanes, extreme heat and even ...