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Everglades, Florida and Alcatraz

Alligator Alcatraz: Friends of the Everglades files lawsuit to block immigration prison

"Gov. Ron DeSantis has plowed ahead with developing the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport ... in hopes of detaining up to 5,000 people there."

Opinion

Florida Phoenix · 2d

Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Everglades prison ignores both environment and history

Florida’s recently appointed attorney general, James Uthmeier, announced that he had a pretty snazzy idea: Build the state’s biggest immigrant detention center in the middle of the Everglades and call it “Alligator Alcatraz.

U.S. News & World Report · 7h

Protesters Line Highway in Florida Everglades to Oppose 'Alligator Alcatraz'

The Florida immigration detention site dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” is being met by opposition from a range of groups concerned with its impacts on local Native American tribes, the Everglades ecosyste

10hon MSN

'Alligator Alcatraz' provides a political 'boon' for Ron DeSantis and his top allies

At the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida is quickly constructing a $450 million-a-year immigration detention center, ...

2don MSNOpinion

Florida’s New ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Prison Almost Makes Me Miss the Days When Pam Bondi Was in Charge

However, the big story in local politics this week was the stunning victory of Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic mayoral ...

PolitiFact2d

Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center isn't funded by FEMA hurricane money

Florida and federal officials announced the state will build a new immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades, and because the facility will be partly funded by the ...

Naples Daily News2d

'Alligator Alcatraz' merch for sale as new ICE detention center develops - Naples Daily News