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Immigrants describe worms in food, fecal flooding at Alligator Everglades detention site
Detainees are said to go days without showering or getting prescription medicine, and they are only able to speak by phone to ...
Environmental groups add to legal complaints about Alligator Alcatraz
Environmental groups Friday gave formal notice that they could sue federal and state agencies over alleged violations of the ...
How did Alligator Alcatraz emerge in the Everglades? See what unfolded
In pursuit of immigration enforcement, the DeSantis administration quickly seized Everglades land to construct the center. A ...
Florida lawmakers who were denied access to Alligator Alcatraz file lawsuit
Five legislators who were denied access to the Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades last ...
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 ...
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 ...
A day with Florida state troopers nabbing illegal immigrants for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Illegal immigrants picked up by state troopers during traffic stops this week are among the first to be moved into “Alligator ...
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Gov. DeSantis slams Democrats after new 'Alligator Alcatraz' lawsuit, says facility 'very professionally run'
Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing back on a new lawsuit filed this week by Florida Democrats related to the recent opening and ...
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Ron DeSantis claims ‘zero’ environmental impact. That's not possible, experts say.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump have dismissed worries for the ecosystem. During a June 27 Boca Raton press conference, DeSantis told NBC 6 South Florida politics reporter Hatzel Vela ...