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Detained immigrants at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say there are worms in food and wastewater on the floor
At the brand new Everglades immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz,” people held there say ...
As Alligator Alcatraz adds more pavement, environmentalists add to legal complaints
In a newly filed legal notice, environmental groups accused the government agencies of ignoring even more environmental ...
Alligator Alcatraz lights up Big Cypress National Preserve’s dark sky
DarkSky International in 2016 designated Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve as the nation’s first preserve to achieve ...
Environmental groups add to legal complaints about Alligator Alcatraz
Environmental groups Friday gave formal notice that they could sue federal and state agencies over alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act at Alligator Alcatraz.
Miami’s top Catholic leader denounces ‘intentionally provocative’ Alligator Alcatraz
It is unbecoming of public officials and corrosive of the common good to speak of the deterrence value of ‘alligators and ...
Members of Miccosukee Tribe, Everglades residents decry Alligator Alcatraz as threat to land and culture
Cited concerns included light pollution, saying the bright lights from the facility are diminishing the internationally ...
Giant bugs, heat and a hospitalization: Inside Alligator Alcatraz’s first days
Detainees are telling their families about what it’s like to live in cells inside heavy-duty tents erected on an airstrip in ...
5 things to know about GardaWorld, one of the contractors behind Alligator Alcatraz
GardaWorld, an international security company whose U.S. headquarters are in Boca Raton, is one of several contractors hired ...