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‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know about Florida Everglades migrant detention site
The Trump administration and Florida leaders are moving forward with a plan to build a detention facility on a remote site in ...
Tribal nations band together to denounce 'Alligator Alcatraz' on Florida ancestral homelands
Tribal nations with ancestral ties to the land are denouncing the development of 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Big Cypress National ...
Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Sparks Major Concern as Construction Begins: ‘An Obscene Human Rights Violation’
The detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its location, was spearheaded by Florida Attorney General James ...
‘Alligator Alcatraz' airport has a long runway. Can it launch deportation flights?
While it's a mostly idle airfield, the Miami-Dade facility seized by Florida has a runway longer than some at MIA.
The history of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' airstrip and how Palm Beach County was involved
The little-used airstrip in the Everglades that the state is using to build a detention center for immigrants, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," is part of a storied history involving Palm Beach County at ...