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Judge stops work at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz.' What are they building there?
Construction at "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida's new immigrant detention center, has been halted while a judge hears arguments ...
At ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Did a Detainee Just Faint or Need CPR?
Homeland Security says a detainee fainted. But other accounts say the man was unconscious. One witness said the guards did ...
Who runs Alligator Alcatraz? DeSantis and Trump administrations respond in court
One agreement submitted in federal court was amended on Wednesday and applied retroactively to cover the six weeks the ...
Florida updated agreement on handling detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ but a month after it opened
Florida's corrections agency and ICE updated an agreement on handling federal immigration detainees, but they did it more ...
Trump Administration's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Suffers Legal Blow
A federal judge has temporarily blocked further construction of the Trump administration's "Alligator Alcatraz" detention ...
Critics of 'Alligator Alcatraz' want it shuttered over environmental concerns
During a guided tour of the facility last month, Florida Division of Emergency Management Executive Kevin Guthrie allegedly ...
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A family's fishing trip ends with the dad at 'Alligator Alcatraz.' Here's their story
Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly ...
The ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Site Once Changed History. Now, It’s Testing the Law Again.
Officials building a Florida detention center appear to be skipping environmental reviews made mandatory decades ago after a ...