A legal challenge to a hastily-built immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades was filed in the wrong venue, government attorneys argued Wednesday in the
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Lawyers argue in Miami federal court that Alligator Alcatraz violates detainees constitutional rights
Civil rights lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Everglades say that Alligator Alcatraz detainees have been barred from
Lawsuit to halt Alligator Alcatraz filed in wrong court, Florida’s top emergency manager says
CBS News Live CBS News Miami Live Florida’s top emergency official asked a federal judge on Monday to resist a request by environmentalists to halt
County officials say they were blindsided by DeSantis administration plans for Alligator Alcatraz
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades,
Immigrants describe worms in food, fecal flooding at Alligator Everglades detention site
People held at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in the Everglades say worms turn up in the food, toilets don’t flush, floors flood with
Alligator Alcatraz came together quickly thanks to GOP donors and state’s disaster response
In a matter of days, an isolated training airport in the Everglades where endangered Florida panthers roam became a sprawling immigration detention center christened “Alligator
First detainees arrive at Alligator Alcatraz facility in Everglades
The first group of immigrant detainees has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, according
Environmental groups sue to block opening of
Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” now being built on an airstrip in the heart
DeSantis considers second immigrant detention facility in NE Florida, touts Everglades
Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal
How Florida is building
An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands is just days away from being operational, federal