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Florida approves cruel 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Everglades. Gators want no part of it. | Opinion
As a proud reptile, I would like to express my community's umbrage over Florida's plan to put a migrant detention facility in ...
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ airport has a long runway. Can it launch deportation flights?
While it’s a mostly idle airfield, the Miami-Dade facility seized by Florida has a runway longer than some at MIA.
Florida seizes Everglades land to build detention center, critics call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The governor's office announced that the state would use emergency powers to seize land in the Everglades to create an ...
What to know about 'Alligator Alcatraz,' Florida's immigration detention site in the Everglades
An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and ...
Florida to detain migrants in new Everglades facility dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility the state is billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – ...
Florida builds ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for migrant detainees in Everglades
Environmentalists objected to the plan to set up “heavy-duty” tents to house undocumented immigrants in one of the country’s ...
‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What you need to know about the Everglades detention camp
Florida’s decision to build a massive detention facility for undocumented immigrants in the middle of the Everglades is fast ...
'Alligator Alcatraz' expected to house 5,000 migrants in Florida Everglades
Florida’s attorney general says a massive immigrant detention camp nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" will open in early July at an abandoned airfield in the Florida Everglades. It is expected to house 5, ...