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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 zero environmental impact.

Miami Herald on MSN · 1d

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 fleet of trucks transported crucial equipment into the sensitive area. Meanwhile, environmentalists sued to prevent the facility from operating, citing potential ecological damage.

USA TODAY · 2d

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 state has declared its official name to be Alligator Alcatraz. June 21 Protesters begin gathering near the proposed site at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport as trucks carrying supplies and fill dirt stream in.

Florida, Alligator Alcatraz

Sun Sentinel · 23h

Florida lawmakers who were denied access to Alligator Alcatraz file lawsuit

Five legislators who were denied access to the Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades last week when they attempted an unannounced inspection have filed a lawsuit

CBS News on MSN · 1h

Florida lawmakers expected to visit Alligator Alcatraz after weeks of being denied entry

Four Florida members of congress are expected to visit the new ICE detention facility in the Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday. This comes after allegations of "inhumane" treatment of detainees at the detention center. The members set to take the tour are:

Newsweek on MSN · 15h

Leading Florida bishops issue pointed rebuke of "Alligator Alcatraz"

"Common decency requires that we remember the individuals being detained," Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski said in a statement.

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Alligator Alcatraz lights up Big Cypress National Preserve’s dark sky

DarkSky International in 2016 designated Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve as the nation’s first preserve to achieve ...

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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 ...

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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 worms turn up in the food. Toilets don't flush, flooding floors with ...

Naples Daily News11d

Is Florida's Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades Hurricane proof?

Alligator Alcatraz, a detention camp in the Florida Everglades, is designed to hold 3,000 detainees and is said to withstand Category 2 hurricane winds. The facility, built in eight days, is ...

Members of Miccosukee Tribe, Everglades residents decry Alligator Alcatraz as threat to land and culture

Cited concerns included light pollution, saying the bright lights from the facility are diminishing the internationally ...

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‘Gravely concerned’: Miami-Dade County mayor presses for access to Alligator Alcatraz

Amid allegations of deplorable conditions in Alligator Alcatraz, mayor of Miami-Dade County asks the feds and state ...

Naples Daily News2d

Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades: What's the python population?

Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with massive Burmese pythons.

Giant bugs, heat and a hospitalization: Inside Alligator Alcatraz’s first days

Detainees are telling their families about what it’s like to live in cells inside heavy-duty tents erected on an airstrip in ...

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