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Is ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ‘Vile’ Or ‘Professional’? What Critics And Backers Say About Detainment Facility
Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could ...
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A look at the controversy around ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
This weekend, lawmakers got their first look inside “Alligator Alcatraz,” the makeshift immigration detention center in the ...
Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention site faces possible court-ordered pause as protests continue
A federal judge may pause operations at Alligator Alcatraz as protests grow and nonprofits sue over conditions and impact.
‘A black hole': Attorneys say they still can't reach clients in Alligator Alcatraz
"I've called, I've emailed everybody and their grandmother and their grandmother's sister. Nobody emails you back and nobody calls you back," said one immigration attorney.
Florida is fronting the $450M cost of Alligator Alcatraz – a legal scholar explains what we still don’t know about the detainees
The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a ...
Five more large-scale detention facilities like ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ coming soon, Noem says
The announcement follows shortly after the opening of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," a new immigrant detention facility ...
Florida Democrats sue over access to 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center
Amid the controversy, emergency management officials on Wednesday invited state legislators and members of Congress to visit ...