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Sarasota vendor receives threats after providing meals at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ build site
An employee said the company has no responsibility for setting up the immigration detention site and is only providing meals ...
Environmental groups try blocking Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz' with last-minute lawsuit
A lawsuit challenges the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center near the Everglades, while Gov. DeSantis defends the $450 ...
'Alligator Alcatraz' provides a political 'boon' for Ron DeSantis and his top allies
At the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida is quickly constructing a $450 million-a-year immigration detention center, ...
DeSantis says 'Alligator Alcatraz' could open as early as Tuesday. A new lawsuit aims to halt it
Florida is moving to open an immigration detention center in the Everglades as soon as Tuesday. Environmental groups are filing a lawsuit to try and halt it.
"Alligator Alcatraz" faces legal and physical challenges days before operations
CBS News Miami's Larry Seward reports that dozens of protesters crowded around the site's gates in the Florida Everglades, ...
Native leaders blast construction of Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ on land they call sacred
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is racing ahead with construction of a makeshift immigration detention ...
How DeSantis leaned on emergency powers to build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in days
The speed by which the state is building the detention camp has unnerved environmentalists as well as local and state elected ...
'Alligator Alcatraz' Faces Legal Challenge Days Before Opening
Two environmental charities on Friday filed a lawsuit at a Miami federal court attempting to block the opening of a new migrant processing facility at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport ...
'Alligator Alcatraz' T-shirts, hats being sold by Florida GOP. What to know about new merch
As Gov. DeSantis rushes "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades, into operation, Florida ...