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FDEM pushes back against claims about Alligator Alcatraz
Leaders of Florida’s controversial new immigration detention center, Alligator Alcatraz, are pushing back against democratic ...
Republican donors and Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ so quickly
Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator ...
Inside Florida Politics: Alligator Alcatraz puts Trump, DeSantis back on same page
President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rekindle their bond during tour of Alligator Alcatraz processing ...
Contractors building Alligator Alcatraz have donated money to Florida GOP, DeSantis
The companies and their married chief executives, Carlos Duart and Tina Vidal-Duart, have given a total of $1.9 million to ...
Immigration inmates already moved from Orange County jail to Alligator Alcatraz, state lawmakers say
Several inmates with ICE detainers at the Orange County Jail have already been transported to the controversial new Alligator Alcatraz detention facility in the Florida Everglades, two Democratic ...
Where is Ochopee, Florida? See where small community is in relation to Alligator Alcatraz
President Trump is expected to take a walking tour of a temporary migrant detention center being referred to as Alligator ...
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 ...
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Miami’s first Cuban-born Mayor speaks out against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Miami’s first Cuban-born Mayor is joining the ranks of pro-immigrant and environmental groups speaking out against ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ ...