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Judge concludes hearing on halting ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction over environmental concerns without an immediate ruling
The fate of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” hung in the balance on Wednesday as a federal judge considered whether building on sensitive wetlands violated environmental laws.
Environmental concerns could halt construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Last week, US District Judge Kathleen Williams ordered a 14-day halt on additional construction at the site while witnesses testified at a hearing, part of a lawsuit seeking to halt operations and further construction.
In a legal filing Wednesday, detainees at Alligator Alcatraz and their lawyers allege the tent camp on an airstrip in the ...
When President Donald Trump toured Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention camp on July 1, he cast its ...
An alligator made a meal out of an invasive Burmese python at Shark Valley in the Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz ...
Some "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees are among the more than half a million recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for ...
One agreement submitted in federal court was amended on Wednesday and applied retroactively to cover the six weeks the ...
Big Cypress National Preserve is home to Alligator Alcatraz, which is causing light pollution in one of the first dark skies locations in the east.
Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly ...
The state will still be allowed to operate the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz" detention camp but is barred from making any ...
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