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Trump Opens "Alligator Alcatraz" Immigrant Detainment Facility in Florida Everglades
A federal court ruled that California's ban on private prisons and detention centers like San Diego's Otay Mesa Detention Center, owned and operated by private company CoreCivic, and where migrant children were detained separately from their parents, is unconstitutional. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
What happened and when with Everglades detention camp, AKA Alligator Alcatraz? A timeline
J une 19 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announces plans for a migrant detention center in the Everglades via X. The state has declared its official name to be Alligator Alcatraz. June 21 Protesters begin gathering near the proposed site at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport as trucks carrying supplies and fill dirt stream in.
Cited concerns included light pollution, saying the bright lights from the facility are diminishing the internationally ...
One of the largest flocks of flamingos in a decade was recently spotted in the Everglades by avian ecologist and restoration ...
Fraga's account is one of several stories from inmates and attorneys about the detention facility’s challenges during its ...
The disparaging, historically loaded nickname for the facility popped up on Bluesky, X and other social media platforms, and ...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization convened last Friday in Paris and decided to keep the ...
UNESCO formally decided Wednesday to keep the Everglades National Park on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
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Florida reverses course on critical $200 million project in the Everglades: 'It's very important funding'"There's a lot of really high-quality habitat in both of these regions of the state." Florida reverses course on critical $200 million project in the Everglades: 'It's very important funding' first ...
One of the largest flocks of American flamingos in a decade was spotted in the Everglades last week by avian ecologist and ...
The Democrat has been ramping up her criticism of "Alligator Alcatraz." A potential suspension by Gov. Ron DeSantis looms ...
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