Florida, Alligator Alcatraz
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Outside the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz,” a coalition of groups came together to demand that the facility be shut down on Tuesday.
The “dangerous and unlawful conditions” inside the state-managed immigration detention camp in the Everglades pose serious health implications for hundreds of detainees, says a group of health professionals and immigrant advocates.
Gators and pythons ready to attack? The rhetoric about Alligator Alcatraz simply isn’t true. ABC Action News Reporter Michael Paluska takes us on a trip to the Everglades.
Florida’s immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands went from a video on X to reality in a matter of days,
While the new Everglades migrant detention center fends off complaints about its living conditions, some detainees claim guards are also doling out discipline for questioning rules — including standing in the hot Florida sun for extended periods.
Florida nonprofits and activists call for the closure of the Everglades detention facility "Alligator Alcatraz" due to inhumane conditions, despite state officials claiming it meets standards.
Miccosukee Chairman Talbert Cypress exposes the fight to stop a detention center built on sacred Everglades land—without tribal consultation.
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Religion News Service on MSNCatholic archbishop of Miami leads motorcycle rosary session at 'Alligator Alcatraz'Despite extensive attempts to obtain approval to say Mass in the detention center, Wenski told RNS the archdiocese had not been able to provide pastoral care for the detained migrants.
Columnist Steve Bousquet writes about a new federal case sparked by the state of Florida’s refusal to let attorneys meet with detainees inside “Alligator Alcatraz.”