Alligator Alcatraz
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Environmental groups face more delays in lawsuit against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Everglades construction
It has been nearly a month since the groups sued the Trump and DeSantis administrations and Miami-Dade County
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As his administration fights off legal battle, DeSantis defends construction at Everglades detention center
Florida has a $37 million contract that includes funding for permanent and temporary fencing and roadway construction, according to a copy of the contract obtained by NOTUS before state officials seemingly deleted dozens of contracts from a database.
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Immigrants held at Florida Everglades’ detention center are suing the Trump and DeSantis administrations
This class action from the detainees and their attorneys adds to the mounting legal opposition to the detention center, where people started arriving two weeks ago after a speedy eight-day construction at an old airstrip.
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‘This isn’t a field trip — it’s oversight’: After being denied entry, Florida lawmakers get access to Everglades detention facility
Lawmakers will be allowed entrance from 11 am to 12:30 pm. on Saturday.
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Miami-Dade County Mayor wants monitoring authority over Florida’s new Everglades immigrant detention center
Levine Cava’s letters come as she faces mounting criticism over the county’s response to the detention center, which the state is calling ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’
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Groups suing over so-called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say feds and state of Florida are partners in the detention center
The facility is intended to house, process and deport migrants, with National Guard troops and private contractors providing security.
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DeSantis says Everglades detention center is temporary, but photos show new paving that concerns environmental groups
Groups have filed lawsuits against construction in the highly sensitive environment of the Big Cypress National Preserve.
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‘Cartoonish’ depictions of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ among criticisms of Florida immigrant detention center
Both the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida have denounced the opening of the detention center.
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Officials claim ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ can withstand hurricane season, but tents leaked after one rainstorm
DeSantis administration officials say the leaks were fixed overnight.
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As migrants arrive in the Everglades, feds tell court they’re not in charge of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security neither funded nor authorized the tent and trailer detention center, according to a court filing.
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Firm connected to big DeSantis donor is set to reap millions from construction of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
In total ARS has donated nearly $400,000 to Republican coffers.
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Hundreds of immigrants to arrive at Everglades detention center tonight, Uthmeier announces
“Next stop: back to where they came from.”
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Trump visits Florida on Tuesday for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ opening
Protests are planned to start at 10 a.m.
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Former Florida Sen. Jeff Brandes says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ could ‘have all kinds of issues with staffing’
‘Is it a federal facility, or is it a state facility that is leased to the feds? That’s an important distinction.’
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There’s now a lawsuit to stop ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ from operating in the Florida Everglades
Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity filed the suit in the U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida.
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DeSantis says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will have ‘zero impact’ on Everglades restoration
Democrats pushing back “don’t want the laws enforced at all” on immigration, he said in Tampa on Wednesday.