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Local officials to address plans on ICE detainee pipeline to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The meeting will address a proposal for corrections officers to transport ICE detainees from the Orange County Jail to ...
Three reasons why Alligator Alcatraz made headlines in its early days
Trail guide John Kalafarski wears a bug shirt to fend off mosquitoes as he walks a trail in the Everglades near the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz.” Kalafarski and others who live and work in the area ...
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Washington Monthly5hOpinion
Alligator Alcatraz: The ICE Detention Center Is a Sin Against Nature
The effort by Trump, DeSantis, and Noem to turn part of the Everglades into a prison for migrants desecrates the famed Florida ecosystem.
Calling Everglades detention center 'Alligator Alcatraz' is a crock | Opinion
In the Everglades, crocodiles are more dangerous than alligators. And calling a place there Alligator Alcatraz is a crock.
Naples Daily News5d
Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades: What's the python population?
Alligator Alcatraz is a temporary migrant detention center near the Florida Everglades. The controversial center reportedly has a capacity of up to 3,000 detainees, housed in FEMA tents and ...
Florida lawmakers visit Alligator Alcatraz for the first time after weeks of being denied entry
Florida lawmakers got their first tour of the new migrant detention facility in the Everglades called Alligator ...
Before it was Alligator Alcatraz, this airstrip sparked fury and changed America’s landscape
Alligator Alcatraz has triggered pride in the MAGA world, and fury in an unlikely bipartisan mix of South Floridians. Decades ...
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies1d
Ron DeSantis claims ‘zero’ environmental impact by Alligator Alcatraz. That’s false
Potential effects include increased light and air pollution, habitat degradation for endangered species such as the Florida panther, and waste spills.