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DACA recipient among those at Alligator Alcatraz, attorney says
It’s not a detention facility that is going to be up to par with the requirements necessarily, so yeah, it’s horrible,” his ...
Green Card Holder Detained in Alligator Alcatraz Speaks Out
A Cuban musician who says he's a lawful permanent resident detailed inhumane and unsanitary conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz ...
Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz': The new migrant detention facility erected at an abandoned Everglades airport
President Donald Trump visits "Alligator Alcatraz," a new detention facility in the Florida Everglades surrounded by ...
Members of Miccosukee Tribe, Everglades residents decry Alligator Alcatraz as threat to land and culture
Cited concerns included light pollution, saying the bright lights from the facility are diminishing the internationally ...
‘Gravely concerned’: Miami-Dade County mayor presses for access to Alligator Alcatraz
Amid allegations of deplorable conditions in Alligator Alcatraz, mayor of Miami-Dade County asks the feds and state ...
Giant bugs, heat and a hospitalization: Inside Alligator Alcatraz’s first days
Detainees are telling their families about what it’s like to live in cells inside heavy-duty tents erected on an airstrip in ...
5 things to know about GardaWorld, one of the contractors behind Alligator Alcatraz
GardaWorld, an international security company whose U.S. headquarters are in Boca Raton, is one of several contractors hired ...
Environmental groups claim paving is happening at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in new court filing
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has previously said there would be no impacts to vegetation and there would be no paving or ...