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Does Alligator Alcatraz have ‘zero impact’ on Everglades? | Fact check
PolitiFact | Gov. Ron DeSantis did not provide evidence showing how state agencies or officials determined the facility has ...
As Alligator Alcatraz adds more pavement, environmentalists add to legal complaints
In a newly filed legal notice, environmental groups accused the government agencies of ignoring even more environmental ...
How did Alligator Alcatraz emerge in the Everglades? See what unfolded
In pursuit of immigration enforcement, the DeSantis administration quickly seized Everglades land to construct the center. A ...
Calling Everglades detention center 'Alligator Alcatraz' is a crock | Opinion
In the Everglades, crocodiles are more dangerous than alligators. And calling a place there Alligator Alcatraz is a crock.
What happened and when with Everglades detention camp, AKA Alligator Alcatraz? A timeline
J une 19 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announces plans for a migrant detention center in the Everglades via X. The ...
Darkness is crucial to Everglades habitat. Could Alligator Alcatraz threaten it?
The conservation photographer was more than 15 miles from the state’s newly built immigrant detention center, dubbed ...
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees describe conditions at FL Everglades facility
Members of Florida’s legislature have been invited to “Alligator Alcatraz,” the controversial immigration detention facility ...
Detained immigrants at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say there are worms in food and wastewater on the floor
At the brand new Everglades immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz,” people held there say ...
Democratic lawmakers to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz' detention center
A group of Democratic lawmakers on Saturday will be visiting a detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed by officials as “Alligator Alcatraz.” ...
Alligator Alcatraz has opened in the Florida Everglades. Here are some takeaways
A state-run detention facility for migrants has opened in the Florida Everglades. Alligator Alcatraz — that is the official ...
Alligator Alcatraz detention center in Florida: How many pythons are in the Everglades?
Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with massive Burmese pythons.
Environmental groups add to legal complaints about Alligator Alcatraz
Environmental groups Friday gave formal notice that they could sue federal and state agencies over alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act at Alligator Alcatraz.