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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.’ ...
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 ...
Harsh conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz': heat, rain, mosquitoes everywhere
The conditions at the new migrant detention center deep in the Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” are what you would expect from South Florida—only worsened by the lack of infrastructure the ...
Elote, churrasco and churros: Alligator Alcatraz workers fed by Miami food trucks
As the construction on Florida's new immigrant detention center, Alligator Alcatraz, was finalizing, elote, churros and ...
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Protesters in downtown Miami, Everglades decry Trump, ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as guard gates go up
Demonstrators came together in downtown Miami and the Florida Everglades to sound off about the newly opened immigration ...
Alligator Alcatraz came together quickly thanks to GOP donors and state's disaster response
Some GOP donors whose companies helped build and will assist in running the facility are being given seven-figure sums.
Lawmakers blast possibility children could be sent to Alligator Alcatraz
Florida Democratic lawmakers are traveling to inspect the site as they bristle over the idea of children detained.