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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.
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Protesters in downtown Miami, Everglades decry Trump, ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as guard gates go up
Demonstrators came together in downtown Miami and the Florida Everglades to sound off about the newly opened immigration ...
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 ...
"Alligator Alcatraz" came together quickly thanks to GOP donors and state's disaster response
Some GOP donors whose companies helped build and will assist in running the facility are being given seven-figure sums.
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.
New state documents show women, children and elderly could end up at ‘Alligator Alcatraz'
As more detainees arrive at the controversial detention center in the Everglades, NBC6 learned new information about who else ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...