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Florida to detain migrants in new Everglades facility dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility the state is billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – because Mother Nature will provide much of the security.

Newsweek on MSN · 2h

Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Reveal Chaotic Conditions

Newsweek spoke with the attorney of a detainee and the friend of another. Both described harrowing conditions at the remote facility.

USA TODAY · 8d

Alligator Alcatraz detention center in Florida: How many pythons are in the Everglades?

Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with massive Burmese pythons.

Alligator Alcatraz, Emails Show DeSantis Admin

WLRN · 14h

PolitiFact FL: It's not just the ‘worst of the worst’ criminals in Alligator Alcatraz, as officials said

Some people detained at the facility have violent criminal histories. But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.

HuffPost · 1d

Emails Show DeSantis Admin Blindsided Local Officials With 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Florida state officials left many at the county level in the dark about the shadowy immigration detention center in the Everglades, according to the emails.

Tampa Bay Times · 1d

Alligator Alcatraz plans blindsided county officials, emails show

The DeSantis administration left many local leaders in the dark about the immigration detention center in the Everglades.

Alligator Alcatraz in Florida: Are Everglades gators, pythons a danger to humans?

Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with dangerous ...

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Congressional Democrats seek to defund Alligator Alcatraz. ‘No cages in the Everglades.’

Democratic members of the Florida congressional delegation want to stop federal money from flowing to what they described as ...

19hon MSN

Florida Democrats file bill to block federal funds to Alligator Alcatraz

Dubbed the "No Cages in the Everglades Act," the six-page bill was sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston ...

10hon MSN

Alligator Alcatraz Is a 'Huge Step Backward,' Native Tribal Leader Warns

A tribal leader told Newsweek that he and members in the Big Cypress National Preserve of Florida, which is adjacent to the ...

FOX 35 Orlando on MSN19h

'Alligator Alcatraz': DeSantis says Florida's immigration detention center has 'zero impact' on Everglades

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claims that the newly opened “Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center has “zero impact" on the Everglades and restoration efforts. However, environmental groups and ...

What to know about Alligator Alcatraz: Here are three takeaways

The following three articles on Alligator Alcatraz focus on immigration, environmental impact and politics. The camp sits in the Florida Everglades, using the old Dade-Collier Training and Transition ...

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Alligator Alcatraz is an ICE detention center in Florida. How many gators are in the Everglades?

Due to the attention of Alligator Alcatraz, an ICE detention center in the Florida Everglades, many may be wondering about the gator population here.

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