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Puerto Rico ACLU denounces transfer of immigrant detainees to 'Alligator Alcatraz'
The group has received reports this week that detainees from the island have been sent to the Florida facility and allege ...
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 ...
Inside Alligator Alcatraz: Detainees told us what it’s like right now
One worked in a celebrated restaurant in Miami’s Design District. Another is an aspiring DJ. An Italian passport holder was ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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Florida Democrats introduce bill to close Alligator Alcatraz
A group of Florida Democrats in Congress introduced a bill to cut off funding for Alligator Alcatraz and any immigration ...
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ This is what he saw
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.) was among a group of lawmakers given a tour of the controversial immigration detention ...