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Environmental groups try blocking Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz' with last-minute lawsuit
A lawsuit challenges the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center near the Everglades, while Gov. DeSantis defends the $450 ...
'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, ...
DeSantis says 'Alligator Alcatraz' could open as early as Tuesday. A new lawsuit aims to halt it
Florida is moving to open an immigration detention center in the Everglades as soon as Tuesday. Environmental groups are filing a lawsuit to try and halt it.
"Alligator Alcatraz" faces legal and physical challenges days before operations
CBS News Miami's Larry Seward reports that dozens of protesters crowded around the site's gates in the Florida Everglades, ...
How DeSantis leaned on emergency powers to build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in days
The speed by which the state is building the detention camp has unnerved environmentalists as well as local and state elected ...
Why stop with “Alligator Alcatraz?” We have plenty of other possibilities | Opinion
Now that those once-secret documents have been removed from bathrooms and closets, the private club should have a little ...
“This is all very dark,” Orlando lawmaker weighs in on anticipated Alligator Alcatraz
Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit aiming to stop construction of the detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” ...