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Environmental concerns could halt construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail

Gov. Ron DeSantis has said the location in the rugged and remote Everglades was meant as a deterrent against escape, much ...

Florida opening Deportation Depot at former prison to operate alongside Alligator Alcatraz

While a federal judge considers whether to shut down a detention facility that Donald Trump’s administration and Florida ...

Gator devours massive python in Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz

An alligator made a meal out of an invasive Burmese python at Shark Valley in the Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz ...

Miami Archbishop Wenski discusses Florida's Alligator Alcatraz and his faith | Miami Life

CBS News Miami’s Jim Berry introduces us to this week’s “Person of Interest”: Archbishop Thomas Wenski, the leader of Miami’s ...
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Faith leaders rally weekly at Alligator Alcatraz, urge humane treatment for detainees

Religious leaders, advocates and family members of detainees gathered for a vigil outside Alligator Alcatraz. Officials deny ...

Judge to rule in a week on future of Alligator Alcatraz as groups seek injunction

Alligator Alcatraz came to life in June after Florida's attorney general announced on social media that a detention center ...

'Father Frank' to say Mass outside Alligator Alcatraz, protesting immigration crackdown

The Mass will mark the Rev. Frank O'Loughlin's 60th year as a priest, all of them spent serving farmworkers and immigrants ...