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Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention site faces possible court-ordered pause as protests continue
A federal judge may pause operations at Alligator Alcatraz as protests grow and nonprofits sue over conditions and impact.
Could children be detained at "Alligator Alcatraz"? What we know
Florida lawmakers have voiced their concern over the possibility, and five were recently denied entry into the facility.
Harsh conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz': heat, rain, mosquitoes everywhere
The conditions at the new migrant detention center deep in the Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” are what you would ...
Republican donors, Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ quickly
The first detainees arrived July 3 at the facility, which will cost $450 million to operate and consists of tents and ...
Lawmakers blast possibility children could be sent to Alligator Alcatraz
Florida Democratic lawmakers are traveling to inspect the site as they bristle over the idea of children detained.
Video shows first detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz'; Lawmakers say they were denied entry
Aerial video showed detainees at the migrant detention facility in the Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” for the first ...
Breaking down claim of incinerators at 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center
A TikTok user said her neighbor's cousin got a contract to supply "a ton" of incinerators at the Florida migrant detention ...
Republican donors and Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ so quickly
Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator ...
Elote, churrasco and churros: Alligator Alcatraz workers fed by Miami food trucks
As the construction on Florida's new immigrant detention center, Alligator Alcatraz, was finalizing, elote, churros and ...