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Nonprofits fight back: 'Everglades Alcatraz' rose without a review or citizen input.
Blazing lights, sewage: 55 years later, Alligator Alcatraz steamrolls Marjory Stoneman Douglas-led effort to keep the ...
First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades
The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed ...
Democrats blocked from inspecting Florida’s controversial Everglades detention site
A group of Florida Democratic lawmakers was denied access to a newly opened migrant detention and deportation facility in the ...
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Protesters in downtown Miami, Everglades decry Trump, ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as guard gates go up
Demonstrators came together in downtown Miami and the Florida Everglades to sound off about the newly opened immigration ...
Detention center driving out wildlife, damaging Everglades, critics contend
The sales pitch for erecting a detention center for detainees in the heart of the Everglades is the swamp and creatures ...
Largest group of flamingos in a decade spotted in Florida Everglades
Mark Ian Cook, a wildlife and scientific photographer, wrote on Facebook that he saw the group of 115 birds late last week.
‘They broke the law’: Florida rep raises transparency and safety concerns over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Alligator Alcatraz is now open with its first group of undocumented immigrant detainees housed in Florida’s Everglades.