Everglades, Alligator Alcatraz
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Without permanent structures, electricity or running water, logistical headaches have emerged at “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Butcher is one of south Florida's most well-known artists, and he's grown famous for his black-and-white landscape pictures of the Everglades.
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WWSB Tampa on MSNDetainees at Alligator Alcatraz sue Trump administration for not allowing them access to attorneysA class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that people held at the immigrant-detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” are being prevented from having access to lawyers and “effectively have no way to contest their detention.
On Wednesday, four detained migrants and the law groups representing them filed the proposed class-action suit in the U.S. Southern District Court of Florida against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other high-ranking federal and state officials overseeing immigration.
One of two federally-recognized tribes in Florida wants to join a lawsuit to stop Alligator Alcatraz from operating in the Everglades.
Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could be the template for other facilities in other states.
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Kristi Noem Promises Cameras at Alligator Alcatraz Will Prove Conditions Are Better Than Migrants Faced Under BidenU.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed cameras brought into the Everglades Detention Center, nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" by the Trump administration, will show that conditions at the facility are better than what migrants faced under former President Biden.