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‘A huge burden’: Scrutiny intensifies over costs, conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
One day after a federal court heard arguments over whether to shut down the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility in the Everglades due to environmental concerns, questions are also growing about the cost to taxpayers.
Alligator Alcatraz protesters demand closure after court-ordered records release
“No American Aushwitz,” and “Free Them” were some of the signs that about a dozen protesters held on Monday outside Alligator Alcatraz, a Florida-run immigration detention center on Miami-Dade County-owned land that records show faces uncertainty on funding.
Florida lawmakers discuss who will foot bill for Alligator Alcatraz
A large alligator was seen roaming outside of the immigration detention center that bares its nickname, an ironic symbol for a controversial facility that’s tightly guarded day and night.
Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ funding faces uncertainty in federal court
As Florida waits on hundreds of millions of dollars in federal reimbursement for migrant detention facilities, including “Alligator Alcatraz,” new court filings suggest that money may not be guaranteed.
Wildfire smoke blankets Alligator Alley as crews work to contain Big Cypress blaze
A beige haze hung over Alligator Alley near mile marker 75 as thick smoke from a wildfire in Big Cypress Preserve pushed across the sky.
Friends of the Everglades sues Florida over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ records
Friends of the Everglades filed suit against the Florida Division of Emergency Management, alleging the agency is withholding public records tied to the state’s Everglades immigration detention center, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” according to court records obtained by Local 10 News on Tuesday.
Judge’s ruling against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center could affect detainee rights case
A federal judge’s order to shut down a controversial immigration detention center in the Everglades is already reverberating beyond environmental law — with another judge set to weigh how the ruling could impact a separate case over detainees’ legal rights.
Miami-Dade mayor calls Alligator Alcatraz ‘reckless and dangerous’ after judge’s shut down order
The days at “Alligator Alcatraz” may be numbered after a federal judge ordered the state to begin winding down operations at the detention center within two months.
Mass service at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ calls for justice for families in detention
More than a hundred people gathered outside the Everglades Detention Center, also known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” Saturday for a milestone Mass hosted by Father Frank O’Laughlin.
Lawsuit filed after Florida lawmakers turned away from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility
South Florida lawmakers are demanding answers about what’s happening inside a controversial migrant detention site some have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” as concerns mount over the treatment of hundreds being held at the remote Everglades Detention Center.
Attorney says she was denied access to client at Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention site
Roughly 600 people are currently being detained at the migrant detention facility in South Florida known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” authorities told Local 10 News Wednesday.
State lawmakers denied entry to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as first migrants arrive at Everglades facility
As the first wave of migrant detainees prepares to arrive, Florida officials are finalizing construction on what critics are now calling “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Investigation underway after at least 24 were injured during Everglades airboat collision
An investigation was underway on Saturday after at least 24 people were injured when two airboats collided in the Florida Everglades grasslands.
16 hospitalized after 2 airboats collide in Ochopee
Sixteen people were hospitalized following a collision between two airboats in Collier County on Friday afternoon, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Cuban authorities accuse pilot who defected in Soviet-era biplane of ‘air piracy’
The Cuban pilot who defected in a Soviet-era biplane was supposed to be working on agricultural spraying work when he fled Friday to the United States, according to a Cuban government agency.